Sonnet 18 诗歌赏析.doc

English Poetry Appreciation -- Sonnet 18 Rhyme The first 12 lines rhyme every other line and the last two lines’ end rhymes are the same, which forms the rhyme-scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. (Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? /ei/ a Thou art more lovely and more temperate: /eit/ b Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, /ei/ a And summer’s lease hath all too short a date, /eit/ b Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, /aiz/ c And often is his gold complexion dimed: /imd/ d And every fair form fair sometimes declines, /aiz/ c By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d: /imd/ d But thy eternal summer shall not fade, /eid/ e Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st: / ??st/ f Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, /eid/ e When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st. / ??st / f So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, /i?/ g So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. /i?/ g) Meter Each line in this sonnet is in iambic pentameter which means each line has five feet, usually an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. For example, we can divide the first line into five independent feet as “Shall I / compare / thee to/ a sum / mer’s day?” with accents on shall, com, thee, a, mer respectively. (Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shall I/ compare/ thee to/ a sum/mer’s day? Thou art/ more love/ly and/ more tem/perate: Rough winds/ do shake/ the dar/ling buds/ of May, And sum/mer’s lease/ hath all/ too short/ a date: Sometimes/ too hot/ the eye/ of hea/ven shines And of/ten is/ his gold/ complexion dimm’d; And eve/ry fair/ form fair/ sometimes/ declines, By chance/ or na/ture’s changing/ course un/trimm’d; But thy/ eter/nal sum/mer shall/ not fade, Nor lose/ posse/ssion of/ that fair/ thou ow’st; Nor shall/ death brag/ thou wan/der’st in/ his shade. When in/ eter/nal lines/ to ti