Shakespeare Soneto 18

Alvaro Garcia Jimenez

PIANO (paraphrase)

At night, I listen a sweetie voice is a girl who is singing to me;

Then many memories come in my mind

Especially a boy who is sitting at the piano clearly I see

His mom smile while he is singing

Myself hurt my heart because the great song

Betrays my soul remembering and I start to cry

When that wonderful Sunday at home with a strange sky

And the piano is our guide we are not alone

There is not enough effort when he the sing

Black piano is an instrument that is amazing

All days of my life is there in my veins

My face changes I weep like rain

2 What are the speaker’s various feelings? What do you understand from the words insidious and betrays?

The speaker has a big sadness and nostalgia for his/her life remembers the childhood the piano brings a lot of memories.

The word insidious is about the effect and the amazing that song is. Insidious is something that could be dangerous or can us a damage. Betray is an unconscious treachery of his/her mind. Sometimes our mind brings memories of things that we want to achieve.

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