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William Shakespeare
Analysis
Follow the steps in your Poetry Analysis handout in your standards journal, to analyze this
poem. Make sure to take Focused Notes as you go.
Reflection
Make a connection with the poem. How can you relate to it?
Think about what beauty means to you? The speaker chose to talk about beauty by comparing
it to different things (e.g. compares beauty to a summers day); how would YOU describe
beauty and what would you compare it to? Why?
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