1. Sonnet 18
----William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
(Could I compare you to the time of summer?)
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
(You are more lovely and more gentle and mild than the days)
(Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
(The wild winds shakes the favorite flowers of May. )
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
(And the duration of summer has a limited period of time)
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
(Sometimes the sun shining is too hot. )
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
(Or often goes behind the clouds.)
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
(And everything beautiful will lose its beauty.)
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed;
(By misfortune or by nature’s planned out course)
But thy eternal summer shall not fade ,
(But your youth shall not fade)
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
(Nor will you lose the beauty that you possessed)
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'rest in his shade,
(Nor will death claim you for his own)
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st
(Because in my eternal verse you will live forever)
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
(So long as the men can live in the world with sight and breath)
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
(This poem will exist and you will live in forever.)
a)The author of the poem is William Shakespeare .It is a typical English sonnet, the rhyme
scheme of the poem is “abab cdcd efef gg”.
b)On the surface the poem is simply a statement to praise the beauty of the young man. But the
more important is the poet wants to show the power of the poem which can defy time and last forever. The stability of love and its power to immortalize the subject of the poet's verse is the theme.
2. On His Blindness
----John Milton
When I consider how my light is spent 想到了在这茫茫黑暗的世界里
Ere half my days， in this dark world and wide还未到半生这两眼就已失明，
And that one talent which is death to hide ，想到了我的才能，要是埋起来，Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent 会招致死亡，却放在我手里无用，
To serve therewith my Maker, and present 虽然我一心想用它服务造物主，
My true account, lest He, returning chide；免得报账时，得不到他的宽容；"Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" "神不给我光明，还让我做日工 ?’’想到这，I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent 我愚蠢地自问.但"忍耐"看我在抱怨，That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need" 立刻止住我，神并不要你工作，Either man's work or his own gifts.；Who best 或还他礼物。
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state 谁最能服从他，谁就是忠于职守，
Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed 他君临万方，只要他一声吩咐，
And post o'er land and ocean without rest:万千个天使就赶忙在海陆奔驰，。" They also serve who only stand and wait." 但侍立左右的，也还是为他服务
a) The author of this poem is John Milton. The name of this poem is On His Blindness.
b) It is a famous Italian Sonnet ,and the rhyme scheme of the poem is abba abba cde cde.
c) The paraphrase of this poem :
d) I n the sonnet , the speaker meditates on the fact that he has become blind .He expresses his frustration at being prevented by his disability from serving God as well as he desires to . He is answered by “Patience,” who tells him that God has many who hurry to do his bidding , and does
