Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 compares a beloved’s beauty to a summer day, suggesting that the beloved’s qualities surpass those of nature’s fleeting beauty. While a summer day can be unpredictable and temporary, the beloved’s charm is more constant and eternal. Shakespeare emphasizes that this beauty will never fade because it will be preserved forever through the poem itself. Essentially, the sonnet celebrates the enduring power of art and poetry to immortalize someone’s greatness beyond physical time.