In "Shall I Compare Thee" Shakespeare first proposes to compare his friend's beauty to that of a summer's day, because both are bright and beautiful in appearence. The sunny day and the golden complexion of the friend have a great kinship. But he hesitates, and finally finds it in an unsatisfactory comparison because his friend's beauty is steady and permanent, while that of a summer's...

This line have been taken from 'Shall I Compare Thee' written by William Shakespeare. The poet here strongly advocated for the perpetual continuity of his friend's beauty.      The 'eternal summer' of Shakespeare's supposed patron-friend W.H. is referred to here. In these lines the poet powerfully told that unlike the beauty of summer's day, his friend's beauty is eternal...