Poetry

FOr this week i decided to delve into some poetry to help get me into the mood to write some of my romance scenes.

Sonnet 18- Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?

By William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

This poem expresses Louisa's feelings for the Countess. She seems her as the most attractive being she's ever seen, almost ethereal in her beauty, which serves a main purpose to the plot. Without giving too much away, I will say that the Countess's beauty is primarily meant to seduce travelers to her domain. But Louisa doe not just see the Countess for her beauty on the inside but for the sweet, melancholy creature she is on the inside. She is undeniably irresistible to her, and this poem expresses that love.