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I understand

Sonnet 18 Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

Similes: No found Similes

Metaphors: No single metaphors were found. However the entire sonnet is a metaphor

Imagery: “Rough Winds”, “Darling Buds of May”, and “Gold completion”.

Personification: “The eye of heaven”, “Rough winds do shake”, “nor shall Death brag” 1. This sonnet is a comparison between summer and the beauty of the person being described by Shakespeare. 2. The speaker is in awe by the beauty of the person being described in the sonnet. He is comparing this persons beauty to summer and feels that the person is more beautiful because their beauty, unlike summer, will never fade.

Sonnet 30 Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

Similes: N/A

Metaphors: “Yet many a man is making friends with Death”

Imagery: “Fill the thickened lung with breath”

Personification: “friends with Death”, “Pinned down by pain”, “trade the memory” 1. “Love is not all”. To me love I everything. Love is what keeps meaning in the lives of people around the world. Without love, there can be no happiness. 2. The speaker uses things such as “meat” and “drink”. All these things have to deal with essentials of life. 4. The speaker’s opinion of love is basically something that people use to get away from all the pain and suffering in the world. 5. Yes, both poems have the same rhyme scheme. This is abab cdcd efef gg. The first 3 stanzas rhyme and the last two lines rhyme, like in all sonnets. 6. I feel that people find a greater meaning in love as opposed to the authors meaning of love in sonnet 30. People find a greater escape in love then they do in the sonnet.