The theme of immortality is the point of departure from which Shakespeare operates, he uses a plethora of sayings and rhetoric to project the future of love through art and poetry, thus leaving an indelible mark on the mind of a person who reads this poem.
Imagery:
– “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” – makes the setting for a very attractive contrast
– “Thou art more lovely and more temperate” – this statement carries the sentiment of beauty loved one shows
– “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” – it is by drawing the picture of the roughness of nature that the authors contrast, at the same time, the calmness of their loved one.
– “But thy eternal summer shall not fade” – making a commitment to art to eternalize beauty is beautiful
Rhetorical Devices:
– Metaphor: “Thou art a summer’s day” – Symbolism has played a story here in the poem to fill love with color
– Simile: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” – opening up a comparison among the two
– Personification: “Death bragging that he has the power to kill” – Here death is given a voice which in this way art is more stressed over it
– Alliteration: “darling buds of May” – sets a darling rhythm
Effect:
– I feel like my gaze transcends the linear and mundane, observing the beloved as a fairy-tale character enduring through time, space, and existence.
– The gust and gentleness of the poem trigger the affirmation that the arts can have the power of granting the man down the ages.
– The reader uninvitedly enjoys the eternal summer that the beloved offers whereas at the same time he becomes the one that with the help of art is capable of overcoming time and death.