Sonnet 18

[catoidtang]

What does "Thou art more lovely and more temperate" mean??

 

[mmasny]

What does "Thou art more lovely and more temperate" mean??

It means
You are more lovely and more temperate.
I am not a teacher.

 

[Anglika]

You need the full context:

SONNET 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Paraphrase and Analysis of Sonnet 18

 

[konungursvia]

It means prettier and warmer than a summer day.

 

[catoidtang]

Thank you Anglika for the full verse of "Sonnet 18". I love this very much --- it is lovely and touching. Would you please explain it to me coz I want to understand more.

 

[Anglika]

Click on the link below the sonnet for an analysis of the poem. Essentially it is a lover comparing his girl to summer and its pleasures.

 

[catoidtang]

Thanks Anglika for taking me to read such a lovely poem.