Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
  • Video discussion of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare for Mr. Huff's literature class

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  • @gio9789
    @gio9789 4 роки тому +384

    this is mind blowing in 20 minutes this dude did better than my teacher

    • @a7700-v9c
      @a7700-v9c 3 роки тому +4

      watch it at 1.75x speed

    • @bawalgroup6355
      @bawalgroup6355 3 роки тому +2

      @@a7700-v9c no. Normal is best

    • @kingfrancisco290
      @kingfrancisco290 3 роки тому

      Same girl

    • @etiennevachon2813
      @etiennevachon2813 Рік тому

      The ''lines'' can also be seen as a descendance, the sonnet recommending to procreate in order to save this beauty of theirs. It's a common theme in the sonnets written to or for this person.

    • @nimishagupta6396
      @nimishagupta6396 6 місяців тому

      TRUE

  • @zekhethelo.p
    @zekhethelo.p 2 роки тому +48

    Sir, you're going to be the reason I pass my English exam tomorrow.

    • @MrHuffsLiteratureClass
      @MrHuffsLiteratureClass  2 роки тому +6

      You'll do great!

    • @user-lg4ni1uc8j
      @user-lg4ni1uc8j Рік тому

      @@MrHuffsLiteratureClass Could you tell me the language of this poem (word choice/diction)? Please

    • @mictheok
      @mictheok 10 місяців тому +1

      Did you pass the exam?

  • @harleylurid9241
    @harleylurid9241 3 роки тому +44

    As long as humans can breathe and eyes can see and ears can hear so will this live and give life to this amazing explanation to pass through generation and understand , thank you you r the best

  • @sametbozkurt3020
    @sametbozkurt3020 3 роки тому +31

    this will really help with my exam, I don't even think my English teacher knew this, thanks man. Greetings from Sweden.

  • @xrkalix
    @xrkalix 3 роки тому +23

    i am a software engineer. i started reading Shakespeare at someone's recommendation. then i watched your video. i love Shakespeare and your explanation. you are just brilliant i must say.

  • @theamazingsoandso
    @theamazingsoandso Рік тому +7

    i don’t think ive ever heard a better explanation and analysis to this sonnet, thank you

  • @asmru6982
    @asmru6982 4 роки тому +82

    It would be wonderful to see you dedicate a series of analysis to Shakespeare’s sonnets...if I had more teachers like you I would been a Shakespeare fanatic by now! (Better late than never!)

  • @kylej3257
    @kylej3257 6 років тому +85

    What a poem. Excellent analysis. I am always struck--in a society so bent on esteeming and exonerating Change (watch any BBC nature documentary)--by how fundamental our desire for eternity seems. We would have to close our eyes to the obvious import of poems like this one in order to value Change as the central significance of life (as does the BBC nature documentary "Life"). Nothing against BBC documentaries; I'm wonderfully addicted to them. But the poetry of the everlasting is undeniable. I would love to see a follow up video analyzing Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale," to see these two poems in conversation about art. Keep it up!

    • @MrHuffsLiteratureClass
      @MrHuffsLiteratureClass  6 років тому +2

      Kyle J ua-cam.com/video/vnCHSnOc4qY/v-deo.html

    • @rafih.j.2540
      @rafih.j.2540 2 роки тому +1

      @Mohan g pro Mohan Das death is personified here

    • @user-lg4ni1uc8j
      @user-lg4ni1uc8j Рік тому

      Could you tell me the language of this poem (word choice/diction)? Please

    • @user-lg4ni1uc8j
      @user-lg4ni1uc8j Рік тому

      @@rafih.j.2540 Could you tell me the language of this poem (word choice/diction)? Please

  • @akashmukherjee8743
    @akashmukherjee8743 День тому

    So long as youtube exists or this video exists, so long we'll see this awesome analysis and this will make us understand poetry better.

  • @gone8190
    @gone8190 4 роки тому +128

    I wish you could explain each and every sonnet . Or any more literature will also teach a lot. 😊😄

    • @MrHuffsLiteratureClass
      @MrHuffsLiteratureClass  4 роки тому +12

      Stay tuned...

    • @cosmonathi2757
      @cosmonathi2757 4 роки тому +5

      @@MrHuffsLiteratureClass We waiting, we have faith

    • @sonoberf7902
      @sonoberf7902 3 роки тому +9

      @@MrHuffsLiteratureClass we are still waiting for more hahah

    • @ucvinh2445
      @ucvinh2445 Рік тому +3

      @@MrHuffsLiteratureClass Still having some faith

  • @prithilasarkar
    @prithilasarkar 3 роки тому +2

    I am from India 🇮🇳..... A student of Class 12.. And this sonnet is in our syllabus.... Thank you very much sir for your minute explanation ❤️❤️❤️

  • @emilyparmenter9941
    @emilyparmenter9941 2 роки тому +1

    listening to this b4 my class on New cristism. the contrasts and the unity of this poem is in this. the contrast of comparing the subject of the sonnet to something temporary yet telling that they are eternal makes this sort of unity in the end especially in the couplet.

  • @transformationz2003
    @transformationz2003 3 роки тому +9

    What a LEGEND🙌
    U made me feel like i was with Shakespeare when he was writing it.
    Keep up man 👍👌

  • @priyankagiri9412
    @priyankagiri9412 7 місяців тому +1

    O' sir! This is an exemplary explanation. I would love to study more of Shakespeare's Sonnets through your marvelous teaching skills.
    Please bring more such videos.
    Waitinggggg desperately. ❤❤

  • @ibrahimaboelenain1956
    @ibrahimaboelenain1956 2 роки тому +3

    You're one of the greatest teachers l have ever seen.You're fantastic.thank you very much.

  • @sailaj8024
    @sailaj8024 3 роки тому +1

    You're the best teacher in English literature.

  • @lxxxtera7369
    @lxxxtera7369 2 роки тому +1

    the most impressive analysis of shakespearien sonnet I’ve ever seen

  • @emaking528
    @emaking528 3 роки тому +1

    I am not good at literature, not good at analyzing it, that's why I don't like it. But you changed my mind. I was struck by the meaning behind this sonnet. Though I am not good at this field, it makes me want to explore more and thanks for those people who explains this to me. And this also help me in my studies. Thank you very much.

  • @orlandoguerreroromero4085
    @orlandoguerreroromero4085 4 роки тому +1

    Greetings from Panama. I feel very proud and happy of teaching Shakespeare sonnets. I have a master in literature.

  • @redsky3696
    @redsky3696 3 роки тому +3

    I start love poetry since high school. Exactly like how my teacher taught. Love this. Brings back the memories.

  • @blehblehbleh007
    @blehblehbleh007 4 роки тому +1

    This is the BEST explanation of the sonnet that I've come across till now. Thank you! It's very helpful. ❤️

    • @necrossff1964
      @necrossff1964 4 роки тому

      I am watching this at 2:30 AM,sleepy,tired,anxious,agitated cause I have a test today from 12:00 PM nd I havent studied this whole semester.Wish me Luck.

    • @ami_jaay
      @ami_jaay 11 місяців тому

      @@necrossff1964 best of luck...

  • @naciramerabet8188
    @naciramerabet8188 4 роки тому +6

    This is so helpful, thank you so much for the great explanation. By the way, your "waste land" explanation helped me a lot and I got the best mark in literature exam. Thank you again 🤗

  • @erinjones4674
    @erinjones4674 3 роки тому +2

    i love this... simply beautiful! my favorite line: rough winds do shake the darling buds of may- that one could argue she herself is not always good such as a scorching summer

  • @BVB09_rose
    @BVB09_rose Рік тому +1

    Thank you! I am so glad that people do these videos; they're really helpful!

  • @amiralibavandi9785
    @amiralibavandi9785 Рік тому +2

    That was awesome!
    I really appreciate your enthusiasm in describing so. That is awesome!

  • @kegomoditswekego21
    @kegomoditswekego21 Рік тому

    i'm writing an exam in 2 hours time from now thanks for coming through now i understand the poem

  • @mayenmachar5829
    @mayenmachar5829 Місяць тому

    Thanks, sir , for your analysis and scansion to this poem 🙏 it was tough, but it seems easier because of u.
    Love from South Sudan 🇸🇸

  • @laramaria3492
    @laramaria3492 3 роки тому +1

    Wow amazing job! Im studying English and art in Germany and after reading the sonnet I wasnt really sure what its about and now I know in depth, thank you so so much, this video is so helpful!!

  • @isismonteiro865
    @isismonteiro865 3 роки тому

    Im Brazilian and I am learning about Shakespeare in my class and you make it so simple to understand!
    Thank you!

  • @LeviAckerman-ec8wr
    @LeviAckerman-ec8wr 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much, keep up the good work this helped me ever so much, I was struggling to understand this for the past 2h asking my brothers if they could help me but neither they could understand so when I actually took the time and watched your video it truly helped and I really hope you carry this on🙌💙🤗

  • @rebecagalbinski
    @rebecagalbinski 4 місяці тому

    I am going to read this poem at the NY 2024 Shakespeare Sonnet Slam!!! Thank you for explaining it so beautifully

  • @mecazi93
    @mecazi93 6 років тому +1

    AMAZING ANALYSIS! AMAZING EXPLANATION! AMAZING DISCUSSION! I feel like I had witnessed the feelings that Shakespeare had when we had written this sonnet. You guided all of the people watching this video to the imaginary world of this sonnet. We feel the eternity of the beloved's beauty, loveliness and temperance. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! KEEP IT UP!

  • @singingashleydawn
    @singingashleydawn 4 роки тому +2

    I'm writing a research paper on sonnet 18 in pop culture. This was really helpful. Thank you :)

  • @radhapatel6388
    @radhapatel6388 3 роки тому +3

    I have my exams and I was literally worried but now I'm not. Thank you for this incredible explanation!! 😄

  • @jakyungrhee2180
    @jakyungrhee2180 26 днів тому +1

    I am far away from you , and I appreciate you a lot for giving me a great lecture

  • @bk._550
    @bk._550 2 роки тому

    This 20 minutes video did what my teacher couldn't in three 45 minutes sessions.

  • @DiyaMukherjeeMusicandMore
    @DiyaMukherjeeMusicandMore 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for such a beautiful explanation. As an English Honours student it really helped me out.

  • @nazeerabeevi5087
    @nazeerabeevi5087 2 роки тому

    Sir this is brilliant. So helpful for students from around the world. You present us with classes with 'class'.. Please make more videos.. Thanks and love from India🥰🙏

  • @Fatima-rg1ox
    @Fatima-rg1ox 5 років тому +9

    The best analysis so far 🙌🏽

  • @krishnpalsingh4636
    @krishnpalsingh4636 3 роки тому +2

    Wow ! It is quite appreciable !
    You have really done a good job...

  • @bilkisuumar6590
    @bilkisuumar6590 5 років тому +2

    Wonderful. Now I Understand Sonnet 18 thanks to you🤗

  • @MyTravelVlogsToTheWorld
    @MyTravelVlogsToTheWorld 3 роки тому +7

    I found it very difficult to understand this sonnet until now. excellent analysis. after understanding the sonnet from your analysis, im in love with this one. its actually an amazingly wonderful piece. wow!! just wow!!!!
    could you pleeeeeeaaaase do ode to a Skylark by P.B.Shelly?

  • @barandawheeler5287
    @barandawheeler5287 2 роки тому

    I was so happy when I came to the same conclusion as you about the sonnet couplet, I was unsure about the rest thank you for helping me to get a better idea of this poem.

  • @emiliadavis2880
    @emiliadavis2880 7 місяців тому

    Imploring Mr. Huff to make a video on Sonnet 66 and 116 by Shakespeare.
    Otherwise I'll surely fail in my exams. You are my only hope. My light at the end of the tunnel.

  • @ramshamalik9346
    @ramshamalik9346 3 роки тому

    Mr. Huff it was such a good explanation that I wud say I needed such an explanation for learning literature. So please keep uploading more lectures. It wud help many. I need such videos more. Please.

  • @yaraalzuabi2998
    @yaraalzuabi2998 Рік тому +1

    Hey Mr. Huff,
    we would like to thank you for this wonderful analysis of Shakespeare‘s sonnet!!
    We are students from Germany and your video was magnificent! Hopefully, our teacher will like our presentation next week. :)

  • @kndi7a
    @kndi7a Рік тому

    Wow, thank you so much. Shakespeare would be proud of you. Now I love this poem thanks to you. So technical but also so passionate. Excellent video!!!!

  • @aadithyasharma4177
    @aadithyasharma4177 4 роки тому +1

    You made it sooo easy to understand ...Thank you sir..love from India

  • @loriechase8878
    @loriechase8878 3 роки тому

    This is wonderful, Thank you
    It came to me while listening to this, that perhaps he was keeping "himself" alive...more so than this person he is writing about. He wrote so many sonets about different things he experienced or understood.
    I'm not familiar with much shakespeare, nonetheless what I have been exposed to makes me feel this way. Like maybe this one says, I loved so deeply once, in a moment I(he) felt so deeply. I've had experiences like that.. they never last..
    They fade..until it happens again.
    I guess I should read more of his work before having an opinion.
    All the same, this was great and you should do more.. just like everyone else suggested. I really needed this today .. again, thank you.

  • @caterinapipperi3543
    @caterinapipperi3543 2 роки тому

    A wonderful lesson, clear and passionate. I am deeply grateful

  • @suhaniallawadhi4767
    @suhaniallawadhi4767 10 місяців тому

    Oh I beg u to do all the sonnets😭
    Not even asking for academic purposes but man I love the way u talk and explain

  • @sherazshoukat1827
    @sherazshoukat1827 3 роки тому

    Please make more videos on Shakespeare's Sonnets.. Please sir. Your method of teaching is far better than my professor

  • @asinelliplatamona8348
    @asinelliplatamona8348 5 місяців тому

    Just Amazing, Thank You Mr. Huff .

  • @jimpickard3850
    @jimpickard3850 Рік тому

    This is an absolutely brilliant explanation of a wonderful poem.

  • @learnenglishandspanishwith166
    @learnenglishandspanishwith166 2 роки тому

    Sir make more such videos which are more worthy and vital than anyone believe me your explanation and your sweet voice has no match.
    Make videos on shakspeare plays and novels and Critically analyse them.

  • @ChelseaaaL
    @ChelseaaaL 4 роки тому +1

    had tears after understanding the sonnet, thank you

  • @user-ms6sc4ie6j
    @user-ms6sc4ie6j 8 місяців тому

    Utterly grateful for you and this video. Thank you!!!

  • @romulonascimento9211
    @romulonascimento9211 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! I had goosebumps. Beautiful!

  • @rafalabdullahbahr4264
    @rafalabdullahbahr4264 2 роки тому

    You got me in tears💔 thank you very much.

  • @sooryapadma7251
    @sooryapadma7251 5 років тому +3

    Sir im form kerala in india and also a pg student.im so thank ful to u sir.i liked ur analysis.so helpful

    • @nocteamans8860
      @nocteamans8860 4 роки тому

      Sooryapadma 2017 Calicut University student!?

  • @destinylentz7436
    @destinylentz7436 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much! You've helped me more than you can even begin to fathom! ❤

  • @Liliquan
    @Liliquan 5 років тому +15

    As far as I’m aware, most Shakespearian Scholars are in agreement that the person that is being referred to in this poem is male. I have no idea why choose to interpret that person as female.

  • @avishekmukherjee2159
    @avishekmukherjee2159 Рік тому

    Thank you. This is what I was looking for. Excellent analysis.

  • @kokemoke04
    @kokemoke04 7 місяців тому

    TYSM!! hope you live a happy life and get everything you want you’re the best

  • @giorgiapellirone9033
    @giorgiapellirone9033 Рік тому

    This was very helpful, thank you! You're really good at explaining Shakespeare!

  • @latavarma6980
    @latavarma6980 3 роки тому

    I’m awe struck - marvellous teaching - eternal!

  • @user-kt5ph9fs2v
    @user-kt5ph9fs2v 2 роки тому

    english is hard for me,english poem is even harder,but i like your content,it is so educated and beautiful,thank you~

  • @elauadeinsf
    @elauadeinsf Рік тому

    Very good. I taught this exact theme in this sonnet (and a couple of others) and it can be very intimate when one understands it, as I'm sure you find, yourself.

  • @bikashgaming7455
    @bikashgaming7455 Рік тому

    Outstanding explanation man.... Best among all the videos related this ....

  • @ayoubaitmouh9172
    @ayoubaitmouh9172 4 роки тому +2

    that video gave me hope that i will pass the stylistics exam , thank you

  • @bredamaune2028
    @bredamaune2028 3 роки тому

    A brilliant analysis off this poem. Thank you.

  • @vishruthaggarwal7749
    @vishruthaggarwal7749 3 роки тому

    what a beautiful expression by the person himself, keep it up mate.

  • @rudrapatel1184
    @rudrapatel1184 2 роки тому

    that makes so much sense when you explain it

  • @m0e566
    @m0e566 3 роки тому

    I have my final oral exam later today, this helped a lot

  • @jadegill7071
    @jadegill7071 5 років тому +1

    I'm so glad I didn't stop this video early! Thank you!

  • @zineb9177
    @zineb9177 5 років тому +2

    Thank u so much for this wonderful analysis it's very important for me :-)

  • @minseo_park
    @minseo_park 2 роки тому

    What an amazing lecture! I'm obsessed.

  • @wazircell320
    @wazircell320 4 роки тому

    Mr Huff's ur analysis is the best plz br more active❤❤

  • @devinsparkman6688
    @devinsparkman6688 4 роки тому +1

    Thine own eyes turn to beauty
    Death cheats us all
    Him or her cry for life
    Death is tall, death is captivating
    Shall we go to the market, or maybe?
    Questions in life never escape me
    I found thine own love on the carpet mat
    Poetry ever fades death
    But what if she doesn't love me?
    What if life ceased to exist?
    Then I would be forced to plea,
    I would be made a nasty feast
    Death waits for his turn
    Beth really never got a chance
    (This is just a general idea. I wish I could write like him! But I think that we are all special in our own way. It's important to explore passion. I think that Shakespeare defend beauty over death, resulting in a life that never fades away. Yet, death does not allow us to sway...)

  • @hectort7Chinese
    @hectort7Chinese 2 роки тому

    This sonnet is my favorite. Thank you ,pal.

    • @englishliterature00
      @englishliterature00 2 роки тому

      please, subscribe my channel if you want to get more useful videos regarding English Literature🌹

  • @mehditantan4207
    @mehditantan4207 4 роки тому +1

    love it and hope seeing much video like this in the nearest future so am suggesting some poetry to be analysed as ( John Keats,"ode to autumn"- Sylvia Plath's" Mirror" - "the Road not taken" "SONNET and "To his coy Mistress" .

  • @gone8190
    @gone8190 4 роки тому +2

    Whoa !..it was amazing .
    Thank you.

  • @psandbergnz
    @psandbergnz 3 роки тому +3

    The speaker shouldn't be so insistent on his use of female pronouns. The poem was actually addressed to a man.

  • @mariamel-badry5838
    @mariamel-badry5838 2 роки тому +1

    Seriously this was so amazing sir thank you❤️

  • @jennifervarnum
    @jennifervarnum 3 роки тому

    Thanks, I just came up with my thesis watching this

  • @turanos5086
    @turanos5086 4 роки тому

    Noooo please don't stop uploading i love your videos!!!

  • @operationblackout1095
    @operationblackout1095 2 роки тому

    the final few lines in this sonnet is mind blowing

  • @assmabogh5545
    @assmabogh5545 4 місяці тому

    finally l understand this sonnet thank you great teacher ❤❤

  • @ranamudassir1568
    @ranamudassir1568 2 роки тому

    Such a nice explanation
    Thank you soo much brother ❤️

  • @flinguamatrixacademy23
    @flinguamatrixacademy23 4 роки тому

    Thanks Mr. Huff .
    😊
    (From Bangladesh)

  • @anateresajatardealvarez3937
    @anateresajatardealvarez3937 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent explanation

  • @fisherroastedpeanut
    @fisherroastedpeanut 2 роки тому +4

    You say” she” but it was dedicated to a “he”

    • @Taoufiqqaba
      @Taoufiqqaba 3 місяці тому

      You are wrong. The beloved one here in this sonnet is genderless.

    • @FahaidEnizy
      @FahaidEnizy Місяць тому

      In Arabic literature and poetry they denote to feminine with masculine. in other words they say He instead of SHE.

    • @PoonamKumari-ze8mv
      @PoonamKumari-ze8mv 12 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@Taoufiqqaba

  • @Paigethomas87
    @Paigethomas87 3 роки тому

    I loved every minute you are amazing @ explaining things

  • @emaanlone5909
    @emaanlone5909 4 роки тому +3

    It's good but you should've mentioned the literary devices as well, thus making it more comprehensible .

  • @harshavikram3596
    @harshavikram3596 3 роки тому

    Art preserves the memory of life.

  • @GaryGunn
    @GaryGunn 4 роки тому +1

    This is awesome - thank you for sharing! I have subscribed.

  • @ProfNAGuru
    @ProfNAGuru 2 роки тому

    A beautiful and convincing explanation

  • @adeshprakash524
    @adeshprakash524 3 роки тому

    Wow! Thank you so much. This was mind blowing

  • @tejasnatodas6135
    @tejasnatodas6135 2 роки тому +2

    I think this sonnet has been dedicated to Shakespeare's male friend.. W.H. (Earl of Southampton). It is he not she.

  • @nourelfalaky4065
    @nourelfalaky4065 5 років тому +3

    I'm from Egypt ...thank u sir ..it's so helpful