Sonnet 18 is a beautiful sonnet. The writer is trying to convey the message of his deep love which he shares for a stunning woman. He says that his love is so strong that nothing could affect it, not even death. "Not shall Death brag thou wanders't in his shade" is the part of the sonnet where the message of love not fading for anything is seen. Overall the overarching theme of this sonnet is everlasting love.
Shakespeare uses strong imagery; "gold complexion", "darling buds of may", and "rough winds". His diction is very complex in that he uses words that are contenporary of his time but different to ours. For example he uses "untrimmed" to say shorn of it's beauty. Shakespeare also uses some personification when he talks about "Death brag thou wander'st in his shade". These aspects of this sonnet add to the picture he paints of his love he has for a certain woman.
Sonnet 18 is a lot like the sonnets of it's time in that it talks about a young man madly in love with a woman of great beauty. Also both the speaker and writer seem to be romantically in love with the woman of interest. This is different however in that there is no talk of something distructive dealing with the love that is shared. There is also no moral distinctions mentioned nor is there mention of virtue perpetuated through children.
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