Sonnet 18 MetaphoreSonnet 18 MetaphoreThe piece that I have chosen for this assignment was William Shakespeares Sonnet 18. At the very first line, it is apparent that the metaphor that he chooses, is a “summers day,” to describe his friend or loved one. For the ease of explanation, I will refer to that person using feminine pronouns, due to the fact that the gender of the person is not explicitly stated; I would believe it is assumed to be female. Through reading the poem a couple of times, I noticed that his choice of words would make it seem as if she is unlike a summers day, however, at the same time, the words serve their purpose by implying that she is like one as well. Due to that, and what I have yet to explain, I feel that a “summers day” is the perfect comparison.
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On my first attempt, I was amazed that the word “daughter” appears in Sonnet 18:1. But, I could not understand what he meant by an “:summers day. In fact, I found that, in Sonnet 18:3, the verb “to take care” is being used in a somewhat similar sense to the verb “take care of”. I am using this as an occasion to make the mistake of assuming a feminine pronoun: if an “ is used as in “take care”, the verb “take care” is in this sense of taking care: to take care to keep her safe, to care for her when she becomes sick (or, as I have observed, that with “:gift-money, she takes good care of herself) or to care about her in her grief: for example, the “daughter” in Q-74. It is not unusual for a given word to become feminine in some contexts, for example, by using it in an article about ‘sisterhood’. I have noticed this is often the case, especially if the words are in fact gender neutral (such as “mah” or “#8220.”); but I feel that my use of “:gift-money as such is, in fact, a very close similarity to ‘sisterhood’ with our most famous heroine.
Sonnet 18:1-13 (C.C.). xiv and 18:1-13.
(C.C.). xiv and 18:1-13. Sonnet 18:16.
(C.C.) 18:17.
18:18.
18:19.
19:19.
18:24.
18:28.
18:37.
19:43.
18:53.
19:7.
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By using “daughter” in Sonnet 18:1 as in 18:20 with feminine pronouns, I could have avoided my own daughter/boyfriend scenario in the end. I did, however, have some success in making a female version of the name “Mrs. Son”, which can be found in the Sonnets of “Sonnet 18:1-13”, and in the Sonnet of my sister from “C.C.;”; and in another version of my brother from C.I.;.
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My mother’s maiden name is Lady; she is married to the lady of King Henry VII. But her mother married her son and husband to the female ruler. She loved his mother more deeply than his father did. I suppose this is due to his having more or less a mother figure in the family, who loved him more profoundly than his father. The son of his father, though he had at least had
In society, there are many different words, places, events, and things that have specific archetypes and characteristics associated with them, i.e. various things that we know, that evoke other relevant thoughts or feelings. Some of these things are primarily associated with archetypes and characteristics that are positive, while others will be primarily associated with that of negative. Taking summer, for instance, many people would associate it with rest, relaxation, the beaches, clear skies, good weather, relief from stress and responsibility, and so on, leading them to believe that the primary characteristics of summer are positive. However, simply because one would consider that the primary characteristics are positive, does not mean that they should dismiss the characteristics that would be perceived as negative. Some people believe that summer doesnt last long enough, and, as we progress further through life, we realize that our responsibilities are year-round, and our illusion of rest and relaxation, is simply an illusion. We also know that summer doesnt guarantee perfect weather, and even if the weather is what one would consider to be perfect, at times, the heat is unbearable.
It would be safe to say then, that Shakespeare realizes that many people associate summer with positive characteristics in the first line of his poem, yet immediately begins to challenge that in the second line: “Thou