Summary: In Shakespeare's sonnet 18 he starts of the poem with the question, "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Then the author explains why he shouldn't because unlike the summer's day that eventually fades away, her beauty and "eternal summer shall not fade." Not even death can hide her beauty because "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
             1) Metaphor- "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shakespeare compares his love to a summer's day and by doing so, an image of a beautiful, warm day with the flowers in bloom and the birds chirping in the reader's mind along with an attractive woman. However a question is raised, how can Shakespeare compare the woman to a summer's day?
             2) Personification - "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, and often is his gold complexion dimmed." The author's use of the words "eye" and "complexion," beautifully describes the sun instead of just saying that "sometimes the sun is to hot or that it's rays are often dimmed."
             3) Imagery- "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" and ... "often is his gold complexion dimmed." When Shakespeare uses these words like "Rough winds", "darling buds", and "gold complexion" the reader gets the image of a beautiful day and they get the sensation of the sun's rays warm and cozy in their body. The words ad to the theme and makes the mind of the reader think of these lovely things which gives the poem a greater effect.
             Tone: The author's tone toward the subject is enamor. The way he writes about her, immortalizes her. He puts his subject above everything, telling her she is more beautiful than a summer's day. His words and images makes the reader want to feel the same way as he does. Shakespeare w...