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sometime declines, in his, thou grow?st, breathe see and lives his gives are all assonance.

Consonance, which means that the final consonants agree, is also used in this specific sonnet.

Some consonance examples (shown underlined in the sonnet above) are compare more, winds

buds, is his, fair fair, eternal shall, that ow?st, when in, men can, and lives this this are some good

examples of consonance. We also have end rhyme used in this Shakespearean sonnet such as day

may, temperate date, shines declines, dimmed untrimmed, fade shade, ow?st grow?st, and see

thee (shown in a script font in the sonnet above). Internal rhymes are also used such as: Lines 1

and 2, thee and lovely. We also have lines 3 and 4, do and too. Another example of an internal

rhyme is heaven and complexion and is his from lines 5 and 6. Repetition is very common in this

sonnet. In line 2 we have more and more, in lines 4 and 5 he also shows too and too. In lines 6

and 7 and and & fair fair. Towards the end of the sonnet, lines 10,11 and 12 show nor nor and

thou thou. The rhymed couplet has three repetitions which are so long, so long, can, can and

this, this.

Although William Shakespeare?s Sonnet 18 is an extended metaphor, there are other

examples of figurative language throughout the poem. In this sonnet, we have figurative

language such as metaphor, conceit, personification, antithesis, synecdoche or they just remain

self explanatory (literal). The conceit, controlling idea, of this poem is in line one when Thee is

being compared to a summer?s day, which is also a metaphor. Antithesis is shown in line 14

when Shakespeare says ?So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.? This is the balancing of

contrasting terms. An example of synecdoche is in line 12 when ?lines? is referred to as the

whole poem. Examples of personification are seen in lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 14. In the third line,

Shakespeare says ?darling buds? giving human attributes to a flower. In line 4, summer is given

a life like quality to rent or to lease. The sun in line 5 is referred to as the eye of heaven. The sun

is being compared to a face having a gold complexion in line 6. In line 11 Death is being

compared to a braggart giving Death a human quality. In the last line of this sonnet, the poem

itself is being compared to a living thing. Although all the lines just mentioned are examples of

personification, they are all metaphors as well. Lines 7 and 13 have both literal meanings. These

two lines are self-explanatory and mean what they say. The remaining lines 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12

and 13 are all metaphors because throughout those lines, the beloved?s beauty is being

compared to the summer. Iambic Pentameter is essentially the meter or the basic rhythm of

Shakespeare?s sonnets.

Love is an intangible thing, and emotion, it can have no real definition, because it can

mean so many things depending on the situation. I enjoyed this sonnet because Shakespeare had

the ability to show his poetic skills in appropriating metaphors and conceits in clever ways, so

that the poem becomes, not just a tribute to the beloved but also a testament to his great skill as a

poet.

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