Question

Metaphor of Love in Sonnet 18 by W. Shakespeare ? without plagiarism

Answer 1

William Shakespeare is known for his beloved plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet, but he actually wrote more poems than plays. “Sonnet 18” is one of the most quoted poems in history and most remembered. William Shakespeare uses rhyme, personification, metaphor, and tone in “Sonnet 18” to describe his everlasting love for his wife. One of “Sonnet 18’s” most prominent literary devices is rhyme. An example of rhyme scheme in “Sonnet 18” is at the beginning of the poem lines 1-4 where it says,

Answer 2

Comparing the lover's beauty to an eternal summer, “But thy eternal summer shall not fade” (line nine) is a metaphor inside the sonnet-long extended metaphor. Along with the extended metaphor running throughout the whole sonnet, Shakespeare also uses imagery.