times the sun is too hot. In lines seven and eight thespeaker ends the complication by describing how nature is never perfect.Line nine starts the resolution of the poem by using the conjunction “but”. “Eternal summer” in line nine is referring back to the man’s eternal beauty, usingsummer to symbolize beauty, and saying that the man’s beauty will never fail likethe summer’s beauty. In lines ten, eleven, and twelve the speaker says that theman, “When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st” (line 12) or when he grows old,will not lose possession of what is fair to him, and “Nor shall Death brag thouwander’st in his shade” (line 11) or he will not be poor in health and close todying. Lines thirteen and fourteen say that as long as this poem is read, the man’sbeauty will never go away, because every time someone reads the poem they willbe reminded of his beauty.This poem that Shakespeare wrote, in the octave, describes how all beautyfades except for the man about whom Shakespeare is writing. The octave alsotells of how great the man’s beauty is compared to everything else that is beautiful. In the sestet, the poem tells about how the man’s beauty stays alive and out livesall other beauty. The poem is written in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare makesuse of much symbolism and many other figurative devices in this poem thatcontribute and emphasize to the overall theme of the poem....
