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1、Sonnet18(Sonnet18isoneofthemostbeautifulsonnetswrittenbyShakespeare,inwhichhehasaprofoundmeditationofthedestructivepoweroftimeandtheeternalbeautybroughtforthbypoetrytotheoneheloves.Anicesummer’sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.ThusShakespearehasafaithinthepermanenceo
2、fpoetry.)Comment:0DuringtheRenaissance,itwascommonforpoetstoemployPetrarchanconceit奇喻topraisetheirlovers.Applyingthistypeofmetaphor,anauthormakeselaboratecomparisonsofhisbelovedtooneormoreverydissimilarthings.Suchhyperbolewasoftenusedtoidolizeamistresswhilelamentinghercruelty.Shakespeare,in
3、Sonnet18,conformssomewhattothiscustomoflovepoetry,butlaterbreaksoutofthemoldentirely,writinghisclearlyanti-Petrarchanwork,Sonnet130.InSonnet18,ShakespeareemploysaPetrarchanconceittoimmortalizehisbeloved.Heinitiatestheextendedmetaphorinthefirstlineofthesonnetbyposingtherhetoricalquestion,"Sh
4、allIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?"Thefirsttwoquatrainsofthepoemarecomposedofhiscriticismofsummer.Comparedtosummer,hisloveris"morelovelyandmoretemperate"(2).Hearguesthatthewindimpairsthebeautyofsummer,andsummeristoobrief(3-4).Thesplendorofsummerisaffectedbytheintensityofthesunlight,and,asthesea
5、sonschange,summerbecomeslessbeautiful(5-8).Duetoalloftheseshortcomingsofsummer,Shakespearecontendsinthethirdquatrainofthissonnetthatcomparinghislovertothisseasonfailstodoherjustice.While"oftenisgold[summer's]complexiondimmed,"her"eternalsummershallnotfade"(6,9).She,unlikesummer,willneverdet
6、eriorate.Hefurtherassertsthathisbelovedwillneitherbecomelessbeautiful,norevendie,becausesheisimmortalizedthroughhispoetry.Thesonnetisconcludedwiththecouplet,"Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,/Solonglivethis,andthisgiveslifetothee"(13-14).Theselasttwolinesfurtherclarifythetheme,vowingthatf
7、oralleternityhisloverwillbeimmortalizedbyhispoetry.AlthoughShakespeareappearstobeconforming,hestillelevateshisworkabovetheexhaustedconventionsofotherElizabethansonneteers.Insteadofobjectifyinghisloverthroughtritecomparisons,hedeclaresthatsheistoobeautifu
