ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Imagery: The poem is embellished with images laced in lyrics of romance. Eyes, gold complexion, buds, hotness etc. Repetition: The words, “fair” and “summer” are repeated in the poem.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most established figurative language in “Sonnet 18, ” imagery, is epitomized in the line “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May". Aside from imagery, Shakespeare also uses personification and hyperbole to drive forth the metaphor of his figure’s unending beauty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare personifies the sun, calling it “the eye of heaven” with “his gold complexion dimmed” – the sun’s complexion dimmed in comparison to the beloved’s. Giving the sun a human quality begins to degrade what we normally consider the powerful, untouchable sun.