Appreciation of Sonnets 18

The Elizabethan era of British Shakespeare was the heyday of love poetry, and it was even more fashionable to write sonnets. Shakespeare's sonnets are undoubtedly the best of that era, and his sonnets have been handed down to this day, and their charm has not diminished. His sonnets swept away the affectation, charm, emptiness and powerlessness of poetry at that time. It is said that Shakespeare's sonnets are dedicated to two people: the first one 126 is dedicated to an aristocratic youth, and the second one is dedicated to a girl with dark skin. This poem belongs to 18 in the sonnet collection. Some people say that his sonnets are professional literary creations. Of course, it doesn't matter. Poetry itself is great. Shakespeare's sonnets generally express an idea: love conquers everything. His poems fully affirmed human value, praised human dignity and personal rational role. The poet transformed the abstract concept into a concrete image and vividly explained the proposition of humanism with the tangible material world. This poem begins with a comparison between "you" and summer. Summer in nature is in a green world, and everything is flourishing, which is the most prosperous moment of life in nature. Intoxicating green and bright flowers make summer colorful and colorful. However, "you" are much cuter and gentler than summer. The strong wind in May will spoil the lovely scenery, and summer is too short. The sun shines strongly on the cloudy land, and the shining beauty will inevitably fade in the flow of time. Compared with you, this most beautiful season in nature is also inferior. And "you" can overcome these shortcomings of nature. "You" will not fade in the brightest season, and even your beauty will not lose anything. "You" is the eternity of the world. "You" will leave the shadow of death in a distant place, even if you are boasted by death, you will not die. What is "you"? "You" are with mankind, and you are immortal in the long river of time. Poetry, the essence of human spirit, is it your body? In other words, you are the spirit of poetry and the soul of mankind. Formally, the poem changed the traditional Italian sonnet from the four-four-three-three style, but adopted the four-four-four-three style: the level of expression was fully exerted in front, and after full preparation, the whole poem was concluded in two sentences, and the theme was pointed out. The whole poem uses novel and ingenious metaphors and gorgeous and appropriate decorations to make the characters lively. The poet used the expression of images to make rigorous logical reasoning vivid, interesting and tortuous, and finally reached a humanistic conclusion skillfully.