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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 18 is one of the best-known of the 154 sonnets written by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. In the sonnet, the speaker asks whether he should compare the Fair Youth to a summer's day, but notes that he has qualities that... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1609
Original language: English
Adaptations: Sonnet 18
Verse form: Sonnet

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all…
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