Posted by Literature Help on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 3:37pm.
I'm not sure what "claim" you're referring to, but here are some places where you can research S's sonnets:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_sonnets
Read the whole article, including the 2nd paragraph, carefully. Also check out all the External Links at the bottom of this webpage.
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shakesonnets/section1.html
and
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shakesonnets/section3.rhtml
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=sha-9
Many articles in here to read.
I read all the articles and I still don't fully understand.
I don't either because I don't know what "claim" of Shakespeare's you're referring to.
The question on my research paper asks "What does Shakespeare then say he refutes the claim?"
Shakespeare asks the title question, and then describes summer as ephemeral and less than ideal. Near the end, he states that the object of the poem is perfect.
"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee."
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-sonnet-18.htm
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