Michalski 4 – 15.11.11

William Shakespeare - Sonnets

Sonnet

• 14 lines

• love theme

Many of sonnets don't say to who persona refers (a boy/girl)

Some are to a young beautiful boy

Structure:

4

4

4

2 ← conclusion

Sonnet 18

He wants to compare him to sth beautiful, he compares him to nature (summer's day)

It turns out this is not enough

His beauty surpasses beauty of the nature

Beauty can be immortalized in poets

Written by young man

130

It's a parody of conventional English sonnets

Final couplet

She's not perfect, she's a human being but he still loves her

It seems to be written by a man who's been in the relationship for years, he has no illusion about perfection

138

They both know they're playing a game, he knows she lies, she knows he lies

A lot of self irony

66

Actors were considered as beggars, their position was very low