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1. In sonnet 18, the speaker clearly expresses his love toward his lover as he compares his lover with summer. The speaker believes that his lover's beauty will never "fade away" while summer does. In sonnet 29, the speaker expresses his depressed, jealous, and frustrated feelings towards the king. But in the last few lines he shifts the "direction of the sonnet" and claims that he scorns to change his state with the king. In Sonnet 30, the speaker addresses his sorrow to perhaps the loss of his friends and things that he regrets; however, in the last few lines he claims that he is no longer sad when he thinks about his friend.

6. In sonnet 18,  the speaker believes that sometimes summer becomes scorching hot and summer's beauty fades away. However, when compared with his lover's beauty and youth, summer fades away while his lover's youth and beauty stays eternally.

7. In Sonnet 29 and 30, both the speakers change their minds at the end of the sonnet. Furthermore, they both express their sorrow and grief. Sonnet 29 expresses frustration and maybe envies the king. But in the end the speaker states that he will still not want to change his status with the king. In sonnet 30, the speaker is depressed and nostalgic. While he mounrs for the loss of his friends,  and perhaps time and change, in the end he also states that when he thinks about his friend "now". he doesn't feel sad anymore.

8. I think the most unexpectated comparison, or conceit, in these sonnets, is the comparison between sessions and court trials. They remind me of john Donne's metaphysical conceits. Sessions used to be times when people meditate, and Shakespeare manipulates this and compares it with trials when people's thoughts comes to justice. I think this is quite extraordinary.