English 9 - Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare

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Sonnet XVIIIBy William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare An English poet,

playwright and actor Greatest writer in

English language Wrote mostly

tragedy type of stories

SONNET XVIII Best known Shakespearean

Sonnet Contains a volta, a shift in the

subject of the poem

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY?

ROUGH WINDS DO SHAKE THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY

BY CHANCE OR NATURE’S CHANGING COURSE UNTRIMM’D

SO AS LONG AS MEN CAN BREATHE OR EYES CAN SEE

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