Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?)

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Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?)
William Shakespeare

The speaker of the poem states that while a summer’s day fades away, the beauty of the addressee will not, as it is preserved in the lines of the sonnet.

· · 1609

Critical edition

Shakespeare, William. "Sonnet 18." The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems, edited by Stanley Wells, Oxford UP, 2008. 14 l., ISBN 9780199535798

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