Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -In the opening stanza how does the poet celebrate the superiority of the youth’s beauty through similes?
In the sonnet ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ (No. 18) the thought of love inspires Shakespeare so much that he perceives his friend’s beauty to be eternal, beyond the mutability of time. In the opening stanza the poet uses a number of theiles to compare his friend’s beauty to that of summer season. Yet he feels the comparison to be inappropriate as his friend’s beauty is more splendid and restrained. The summer’s beauty is not constant as at times the sun is too hot and at other times it is dimmed by clouds. The rough winds affect even the new buds of May. None of the lovely elements of summer last long as they are subject to decay with the changing course of time. it fady on the other hand is timeless, Nthe youth’s nor can death conquer his beauty as he is eternalised in the poet’s verse. Thus, through these similes the poet celebrates the superiority of his friend’s beauty.