Thesis: In the poem Shall I Compare the to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare uses an multiple comparisons, and descriptive imagery to exemplify the beauty of the one being described by the poem.

Paragraph one: Shakespeare creates an extended metaphor, comparing the subject to summer, to describe the beauty of the subject.

-"Shall i compare thee to a summer's day?/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate" (1-2)
-Through the entire sonnet, Shakespeare draws parallels between the subject of the poem and the beauty of summer. He makes it clear that the subject is as alluring, if not more than, the season of summer.

Paragraph two: Shakespeare uses imagery to supplement the meaning of his extended metaphor.

-"Thou art more lovely and more temperate:/ Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" (2-3)
-Shakespeare says that the subject is not as extreme as the summers day, which is windy and harsh. The subject is much more mild.

Paragraph three: Shakespeare uses a final comparison which states how the subject's, unlike summer's, beauty will not go away.

-"But thy eternal summer shall not fade/ Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st" (9-10)
-Shakespeare contrasts the subject stating that, unlike the season of summer's beauty, the beauty of the subject will remain forever.