Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A
nd summer's lease hath all too short a date —“Sonnet 18,” William Shakespeare What is the central idea of the first quatrain? Like summer, romance is beautiful but short-lived. Beautiful weather makes people fall in love. The speaker’s beloved is more beautiful than a summer day. Even rough winds cannot detract from the beauty of summer.
