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Sonnet 18

Sonnet 18. By William Shakespeare. Francesco Petrarch. an octave + a sestet. Italian Sonnet:. abba abba cdecde. Spenserian Sonnet:. 3 quatrains + a couplet. abab bcbc cdcd ee. 3 quatrains + a couplet. Shakespearian Sonnet:. abab cdcd efef gg. 1) Italian Sonnet.

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Sonnet 18

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  1. Sonnet 18 By William Shakespeare

  2. Francesco Petrarch an octave + a sestet Italian Sonnet: abba abba cdecde Spenserian Sonnet: 3 quatrains + a couplet abab bcbc cdcd ee 3 quatrains + a couplet Shakespearian Sonnet: abab cdcd efef gg

  3. 1) Italian Sonnet Francesco Petrach an octave + a sestet The poetry of earth is neverdead : a When all the birds are faint with the hotsun, b And hide in cooling trees, a voice willrunb From hedge to hedge about the new-mownmead; a That is the Grasshopper’s --- he takes thelead a In summer luxury, --- he has neverdone b With his delights; for when tired out withfun b He rests at ease beneath some pleasantweed.a The poety of earth is ceasingnever : c On a lone winter evening, when thefrost d Has wrought a silence, from the stove thereshrills e TheCricket’s song, in warmth increasingever, c And seems to one in drowsiness halflost, d The Grasshopper’s among some grassyhills.e

  4. 2) Spenserian Sonnet Edmund Spenser 3 quatrains + a couplet Ye tradefull merchants, that with wearytoylea Do seeke nost pretious things to make yourgain, b And both the Indians of their treasuresspoile, a For loe my love doth in her selfecontaineb For loe my love doth in her selfecontaineb All this world’s riches that may farre befound. c If saphyres, loe her eyes be saphyresplaine: b If rubies, loe her lips be rubiessound; c If pearls, her teeth be pearls both pure andround; c If yvorie, her forehead yvoryweene; d If gold, her locks are finest gold onground; c If silver, her fair hands are silversheene. d But that which fairest is, but fewbehold: e Her mind, adorned with vertuesmanifold. e

  5. 3) Shakespearian Sonnet Shakespeare 3 quatrains + a couplet Shall I compare thee to a summer’sday?a Thou art more lovely and moretemperate.b Rough winds do shake the darling buds ofmay,a And summer’s lease hath all too short adate.b Sometime too hot the eye of heavenshines,c And often is his gold complexiondimm’d;d And every fair from fair sometimedeclines ,c By chance, or nature’s changing course,untrimm’d.d But thy eternal summer shall notfade,e Nor lose possession of that fair thouow’st, f Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in hisshade,e When in eternal lines to time thougrow’st.f So long as man can breathe or eyes cansee,g So long lives this, and this gives life tothee. g

  6. Metre: Shall I compare thee to a sum mer’s day ?a Thou art more love ly and more tem perate.b Rough winds do shake the dar ling buds of may, a And sum mer’s lease hath all too short a date. b Iambus（抑扬格） Iambic Foot（抑扬音步） 5-foot Iambus(Iambic Pentametre) （五步抑扬格）

  7. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’sday? a Thou art more lovely and moretemperate.b Rough winds do shake the darling buds ofmay, a And summer’s lease hath all too short adate. b Sometime too hot the eye of heavenshines,c And often is his gold complexiondimm’d; d And every fair from fair sometimedeclines ,c By chance, or nature’s changing course,untrimm’d.d But thy eternal summer shall notfade,e Nor lose possession of that fair thouow’st, f Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in hisshade, e When in eternal lines to time thougrow’st.f So long as man can breathe or eyes cansee,g So long lives this, and this gives life tothee.g

  8. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’sday? a Thou art more lovely and moretemperate.b Rough winds do shake the darling buds ofmay, a And summer’s lease hath all too short adate. b Introduction ( 起 ) Sometime too hot the eye of heavenshines,c And often is his gold complexiondimm’d; d And every fair from fair sometimedeclines ,c By chance, or nature’s changing course,untrimm’d.d Elucidation ( 承 ) Transition ( 转 ) But thy eternal summer shall notfade,e Nor lose possession of that fair thouow’st, f Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in hisshade, e When in eternal lines to time thougrow’st.f Conclusion ( 合 ) So long as man can breathe or eyes cansee,g So long lives this, and this gives life tothee.g

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