Shakespeare's Sonnets
paraphrase the first quatrain
1 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
2 Thou art more lovely and more temperature
3 Rough winds do shake the Darling buds of may
4 And summer's lease hath all too short a date
1 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
2 Thou art more lovely and more temperature
3 Rough winds do shake the Darling buds of may
4 And summer's lease hath all too short a date
Shall I compare your beauty to the beauty of a nice summer day.
You are more lovely in beauty and mood.
Rough winds still shake the budding flowers coming in May
Summer is only brief before beauty of a flower or beauty fades.