Compare And Contrast Sonnets 130 And Sonnet 130

“Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” which can be translated in a colloquial language to “O Romeo, Romeo! Why are you Romeo?” is a famous line that leads us to one of the most well-known English writer: William Shakespeare. He is the writer of 154 sonnets and his masterpieces have been outstanding for more than four centuries. His sonnets mainly depict about the concept of love, and the beauty of a woman. In “Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and “Sonnet 130: My mistress ' eyes are nothing like the sun”, Shakespeare shows us similarities and differences about the tone between these two poems. In sonnet 18, the tone we can attribute is the adoring and admiring one. He describes the woman in such a beautiful way that there’s no doubt that we could find any evidences against it. He compares her to nature: “Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate” (line 2-3). Summer is a season that gives a happy and positive ambiance and that’s what this sonnet is really all about. On the other hand, sonnet 130 suggests a really different tone towards the

Shakespeare still wants the woman at the end of both sonnets. In “Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day?”, the famous writer highlights how precious she is: “When in eternal lines to time thou grow 'st; / So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (l. 12-14). As long as there will be humans who are able to breathe and see, she will stay immortal forever, because she will always be beautiful regardless how many years pass by. In “My mistress ' eyes are nothing like the sun”, he ridicules her through the entire poem but at the end, he still sees her as his lover: “And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare” (l. 13). Shakespeare finds the woman in sonnet 18 and 130 to be precious, no matter how he judges them based on their