Question

Shakespeare wants to immortalise his beloved through his art’. Discuss how he seeks to do so with reference to any one sonnet in your course.​

Answer 1

In Sonnet 18, the poet commemorates his dear friend through lyrical poetry.

• Shakespeare memorialised his friend's "everlasting beauty" in the poem, via genuine emotions that he described the ideal beauty and the practical use of metaphor.
• The fierce intensity with which the poet expresses his genuine feelings and typically depicts his friend's attractiveness is astounding.
• It is a standard topic that many poets have utilised, although virtually all of them were primarily concerned with their own future popularity.
• He extols his beloved's beauty and lists all the possible ways in which it surpasses the beauty of a pleasant summer day. The overriding topic of this poem is genuine love's stability and its potential to immortalise someone.