Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”

William Shakespeares sonnet Sh every I compare thee to a spends day is a fourteen line verse form that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The numbers is also known as Sonnet 18, and is a beautiful poem describing just that, a passs day. If one wishes to be technical, Shakespeare does to a greater extent than describe a summers day, he is comparison an individual to a summers day. Shakespeare uses the literary turn of eventss vision and diction throughout the poem.Imagery is the one device that stands out the most due to Shakespeares intricate way of describing the summer day with such detail that the reader feels like they are there. verbalism is an important literary device which I will focus on, because Shakespeare switches spinal column and forth between wind and concrete diction. Shakespeare used imagery to its fullest in this poem. Using the phrases summers day, buds of May, heaven shines, and so on It all sounds so beautiful and the reader is able to pic ture all of these images as it brings a smile to the readers lips.While reading the poem, the gender of the person to whom Shakespeare is comparing to a summers day is left unknown and drive out well be confused with that of a woman, although the poem gives no indi natest of this relationship be a romantic one. The line that strikes me as being the most beautiful is But thy eternal summer shall non disappear (Shakespeare 76). I as the reader cigarette just imagine a summer that never ends, and the sound of that is pleasing to the mind. Thus this is the best congressman of how Shakespeare used imagery in this sonnet.One that is a bit more(prenominal) difficult to understand is Shakespeares use of diction throughout the poem. that like the rest of Shakespeares work, in this poem he in the first place uses formal form of speech with word of honors such as thou, thy, shall, nor. This plectron of words was common when the poem was written back in 1609, yet no longer is for the readers of this day and age, which makes Shakespeares choice of diction easily misunderstood. In this poem, Shakespeare uses concrete and abstract diction interchangeably.Concrete language can be considered something specific or definite such as objects you can picture with your five senses such as walking, cold, lawn mower, etc Shakespeare uses this type of diction just now throughout the poem with the following words buds, hot, shines, men, breathe, and eyes. Most poets do not use abstract or concrete diction uniformly (Deblanco and Cheuse 75). Shakespeare had to operate back and forth between dictions in order to make the poem sound. reverse diction is more general, because it refers to terms that you cannot touch, see, smell, feel or taste.Examples of abstract diction are love, freedom, sexism, morale, etc Shakespeare uses abstract diction much more freely throughout the poem, perhaps because abstract diction is much easier to use for his extremity to achieve imagery. He uses the phrases Thou art more lovely and more temperate (Shakespeare 76), lovely being the abstract term in this phrase. identical concept applies to the phrase But thy eternal summer shall not disappearance(Shakespeare 76), eternal is not something you can sense with any of your five senses.Abstract words can also vary from person to person, because a word be interpreted differently varying on the person. In sum, throughout the entirety of the poem Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day by William Shakespeare, he uses concrete and abstract interchangeably in order to achieve a perfect balance and to incorporate imagery for the reader to visualize his words. The use of concrete and abstract diction brought Shakespeares poem to life, thus making the reading a pleasant assure for the reader.