what does the word "wander'st" mean from Shakespeare Sonnet 18?

Answer 1

"Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:"


The word is short for "wanderest" , meaning wander -- or roam, travel.

The line means Death can't brag that he has you wandering in his shadow, because for the reasons listed in the rest of the sonnet, you are eternal.

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what does the word "wander'st" mean from Shakespeare Sonnet 18?

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Answer 5

Bare in mind that he is talking about English summer, and not the 40C or 100F I'm used to. Simply put, he is comparing the woman of his affection to a summer day, and no matter how good, she is better. The sun goes behind a cloud but she always shines, Rose buds get bruised by the wind, but she is always gentle, and lastly she will live on forever in his words, because the poem could mean no-one else but her and we will all recognise her from it. As always, look at the metre used and the rhyming pattern. The beauty of this poem is tied to the strict structural rules that a sonnet is bound by.

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I was going to answer this much the same way Killer Queen did. The gist is that even though her beauty may fade as each month fades to the next and each year changes everything under the heavens. Her beauty will be seen and remembered. "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." He is saying that her beauty will go on as long as there are people to see and to tell about it. Remember many times when elder author's use the word "breathe" They usually are saying the words " Speak or to talk of." I just had a thought. I hope this question is for your own purposes and not for school work. I'll take it as I hope it is and for personal knowledge. good luck to you. bye.

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