Reading Sonnet №25 by William Shakespeare (Читаю сонет №25 Уильяма Шекспира).

#Поэзия ‘Sonnet 25,’ also known as ‘Let those who are in favour with their stars ’ is number twenty-five of one hundred fifty-four sonnets that Shakespeare wrote over his lifetime. It is part of the well-loved Fair Youth sequence of sonnets (numbers one through one hundred twenty-six). In this particular poem the poet makes references to the stars. Those which are physical and metaphorical, tapping into themes of the fleeting nature of fame and the strength of love. Summary of Sonnet 25: ‘Sonnet 25’ by William Shakespeare is a clever love poem that compares the speaker’s permanent love to fleeting moments of fame. The speaker addresses the Fair Youth telling him that the love they have is far more important than who the stars or sun are shining on at any one time. Those who have awards, power, and many friends only have them temporarily. Like a marigold flower, these people will die when the sun no longer shines on them. The love the Fair Youth and the speaker share is going to last forever. No one can take it away from them. Structure of Sonnet 25: ‘Sonnet 25’ by William Shakespeare is a fourteen-line sonnet that is structured in the form known as a “Shakespearean” or English sonnet. The poem is made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concluding couplet, or set of two rhyming lines. In a singular departure from this poem, the poem does not follow the usually consistent rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The “E” rhymes, which are perfect in every...