alternatively titled shall compare thee summer day best known written english playwright poet william_shakespeare fair youth sequence comprises accepted numbering stemming edition cycle opening sequence described speaker compares beloved summer season argues beloved better states beloved live forever words poem scholars found parallels poem love themes written typical form having lines ending detailed revealed double meanings poem giving greater depth interpretation poem starts question beloved shall compare thee summer day beloved lovely temperate summer day speaker lists negative things summer short summer lease short date sun hot hot eye heaven shines beloved beauty forever unlike beauty summer day putting love beauty form poetry poet preserving forever long men breathe eyes long lives gives life thee lover beauty live poem long read structure typical english consists followed characteristic rhyme scheme poem reflects tradition italian typically discussed love beauty beloved love contains shift poem subject matter beginning line regular rhythm long men breathe eyes strong position context poem sequence comprises accepted numbering stemming edition cycle opening sequence described scholars contend addresses idea reaching eternal life written word theme find view seen transition time theme varying theories identity enigmatic scholars suggested poem expressing hope interpret having hope homosexual relationship professor university_of_michigan characterizes sequence sex love scholars noting romantic language sequence refer daring representation passionate erotic love suggesting relationship speaker sexual true character love remains unclear interpret relationship purely love describing woman scholars pointed order placed decision publishers shakespeare support interpretation addressed woman line implied answer poet question shall compare thee summer day negative point illustrated comparisons line rough winds shake enigmatic deeper apparently containing anglo saxon original term refers condition green flower begins eventual colour describes process change subsequently describe girl girl entering internal external changes brings girl showing promise eventual appearance line meanings outward appearance face compared sun eye heaven previous line older sense word relation shakespeare time carried outward inward meanings word temperate externally weather condition internally balance second meaning communicate beloved inner cheerful temperate disposition like sun cloudy day meaning obvious meaning negative change outward appearance word line taken ways sense loss decoration second sense sails ship interpretation poem reads beautiful things naturally lose time second reads nature ship sails adjusted wind changes order correct course combination words nature changing course creates change nature fact thing change change line poem creates shift lines change acknowledged challenged final line line carry meanings equally common time readers interpret owe shakespeare day synonym delivers interesting view text conveys idea beauty borrowed nature paid time progresses interpretation fair pun fare fare required nature life journey scholars pointed borrowing lending theme poem true nature humanity summer example said lease short date monetary theme common shakespeare everyday theme society music recorded jazz version shakespeare album shakespeare jazz recorded diana princess wales tribute disc pink floyd guitarist recorded song wife music written played piano video recording piece released extra dvd concert recording released album currently available youtube song credits given shakespeare recorded pop ballad version poem album disgrace set music swedish composer choral piece singer songwriter head band admitted inspired writing song poet
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