Shakespeare Quote Reflection

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
- Shakespeare

I think that this quote means that the person being compared is as pleasant as a summer day. In fact, the person is even lovelier and more mild (because summer can be too humid or too hot at times). She (let's say it's a she because the poet is a male) is more beautiful and has a milder personality than summer is.

I think that when this quote was spoken in The Dead Poet's Society, it was quite funny because Charlie was pretending that he was the one who wrote that. The other boys were laughing, but the girls were so impressed, which made it even funnier. I guess that if he had told them that it was Shakespeare, they would have been less impressed.