William Shakespeare's "Sonnet #18", "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

In William Shakespeare's "Sonnet #18", he compares his feelings towards nature to his beloved. Shakespeare talks about the beauty of a summer day and how it is beautiful to him. He has strong feelings towards the summer's never ending beauty and compares it his love for one particular person. Shakespeare believes that summer is "...more lovely and more temperate.." than any other time of the year. He compares his beloved to a summer's day by simply …showed first 75 words of 263 total…

…showed last 75 words of 263 total…When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st." Shakespeare is saying here that like winter tries to end the beauty of a summer's day, other interfering object will try to end his feelings of his beloved, but instead of ending his love, it will make it only grow stronger. Shakespeare feels that "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see..." his love for his beloved for forever be eternal, and will never die.