Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Le sonnet 18 de Shakespeare (Terminale)
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| Anglais | Français |
|---|---|
| a sonnet | un sonnet (14 vers) |
| a rhyming couplet | un distique rimé (les 2 derniers vers) |
| thee / thou / thy | toi / tu / ton (anglais ancien) |
| a metaphor / a comparison | une métaphore / une comparaison |
| beauty fades | la beauté se fane |
| immortality through poetry | l'immortalité par la poésie |
Le sonnet 18 commence par une question : « Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate ». Le poète compare la personne aimée à un jour d'été, mais l'été est trop court et la beauté se fane. Le distique final donne la solution : tant que des gens liront ce poème, la personne aimée vivra : « So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. » Le texte est dans le domaine public.
Mise en situation : le commentaire
À retenir
- a sonnet (14 lines), a rhyming couplet, a metaphor, a comparison.
- thee / thou / thy / art ; beauty fades ; immortality through poetry.
Exercice 1 : Le sonnet 18 : exercice 1 (QCM)
- Combien de vers dans un sonnet ?
- 4
- 12
- 14
- « un distique rimé »
- a rhyming couple of
- a rhyming couplet
- a rhythm couplet
- thee veut dire...
- toi (complément)
- là
- le, la
- Thou art veut dire...
- I am
- You were
- You are
- Le poète compare la personne aimée à...
- une rose rouge
- un jour d'été
- la lune
- Les sonnets de Shakespeare ont été publiés en...
- 1509
- 1609
- 1909
- « la beauté se fane »
- beauty fails
- beauty fades
- beauty fades of
- Selon le poème, qu'est-ce qui rend la beauté immortelle ?
- l'argent
- l'été
- la poésie
- « So long lives this, and this gives life to... »
- thee
- summer
- me
- « tant que »
- as long as
- so long of
- as far as
Exercice 2 : Le sonnet 18 : exercice 2 (à compléter)
- Shall I compare thee to a summer's .......................... ?
- Thou art more .......................... and more temperate.
- A sonnet has fourteen .......................... .
- It ends with a rhyming .......................... .
- Summer is too .......................... .
- Beauty .......................... . (se fane)
- So long lives this, and this gives life to .......................... .
- Poetry makes beauty .......................... .
- He compares the person he .......................... to a summer's day.
- As .......................... as people read the poem...
Exercice 3 : Le sonnet 18 : mise en situation
- Le prof demande ce que compare le poète.
- What the poet is comparing?
- What is the poet comparing?
- What is comparing the poet?
- Il compare la personne aimée à un jour d'été.
- He compares the person he loves with summer days of.
- He compare the person he loves to a summer's day.
- He compares the person he loves to a summer's day.
- Le premier vers.
- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
- Shall I compare you to the summer day?
- Should I compare thee at a summer's day?
- L'été est trop court.
- Summer is to short.
- The summer is too shortly.
- Summer is too short.
- Sa beauté se fane.
- It's beauty fades.
- Its beauty fade.
- Its beauty fades.
- Le prof demande comment finit le poème.
- How the poem ends?
- How does the poem ends?
- How does the poem end?
- Par un distique rimé.
- With a rhyming couplet.
- With a rhyming couple.
- By a rhythm couplet.
- Tant que les gens liront le poème...
- As long as people will read the poem...
- As long as people read the poem...
- So long people read the poem of...
- La poésie rend la beauté immortelle.
- Poetry make beauty immortal.
- Poetry makes beauty immortal.
- Poetry makes beauty immortally.
- Tu cites le distique final.
- So long as men can breath or eyes can sea, / So long live this.
- So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
- As long men breathe and see, / This lives long and gives you life.
Corrigé
Exercice 1
1. c) 14 · 2. b) a rhyming couplet · 3. a) toi (complément) · 4. c) You are · 5. b) un jour d'été · 6. b) 1609 · 7. b) beauty fades · 8. c) la poésie · 9. a) thee · 10. a) as long as
Exercice 2
1. day · 2. lovely · 3. lines · 4. couplet · 5. short · 6. fades · 7. thee · 8. immortal · 9. loves · 10. long
Exercice 3
1. b) What is the poet comparing? · 2. c) He compares the person he loves to a summer's day. · 3. a) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? · 4. c) Summer is too short. · 5. c) Its beauty fades. · 6. c) How does the poem end? · 7. a) With a rhyming couplet. · 8. b) As long as people read the poem... · 9. b) Poetry makes beauty immortal. · 10. b) So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.