Comparison of two poems “Shall I compare you to a summer's day?” written by William Shakespeare and “If You Must Love Me” written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day” a poem written by William Shakespeare, is the eighteenth sonnet of this famous writer and poet. Shakespeare, a famous English poet, had written fifty-four sonnets. “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day” is the most popular of all the fifty-four sonnets that emphasize Shakespeare's love poetry with the theme of love. The poem "If You Must Love Me" is also a popular poem and sonnet (number fourteen) written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Browning's poem revolves around the theme of love towards her expectations towards her future lover. Both Shakespeare's and Browning's poems are two completely different poems but still share some literary terms in common. Both poems dealt with the same topic even though they both described love from their different point of view. Both speakers express true natural love and the eternity of true love. Both the poems "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" by William Shakespeare and "If thou shalt love me" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning seem to share some things in common. Both share the same love theme and tone. Shakespeare emphasizes “beauty” more in his poem by comparing his admirer to that of “summer's day” (1). He went further to indicate his admirer's level of love and beauty by using this phrase, "you are more lovely and more temperate" (2), proving that the person is more beautiful than "summer's day" because "summer's day summer" could vanish. Both poems are sonnets (fourteen-line poem), divided into three quatrains, with Shakespeare ending with a couplet. They are... middle of paper... will last for eternity and will not die. Shakespeare penalized the “sun” as “the eyes of heaven” (5). Everything that is beautiful will sooner or later fade with time, especially in old age, for example the beauty of a beautiful woman will eventually fade as old age approaches. Shakespeare often uses alliteration and repetition of the word “just” to convey or show clarity of his thought and description of his subject. In terms of ecocriticism, there is no specific area involved in both Shakespeare's and Browning's poetry, but rather they are more involved in using new criticism to explain the content and tone of their poems. Work cited1. Edgar V, Roberts. Roberts, Zweig “Literature and Introduction to Reading and Writing” Backpack Edition. Pearson, 2010. P451 and 4962. The Purdue Owl. Purdue U Writing Workshop, 2010. Web.3. www.Easybib.com