Shakespeare weaves together two characteristics of beauty, while at the same time subtly showing their differences, showing that inner beauty transcends outer beauty. Beauty is rare and true beauty is even rarer; true beauty is inner beauty, which many lack, yet Shakespeare managed to find a woman who is beautiful inside. Shakespeare, in sonnet eighteen, uses descriptions of nature and imagery to directly imply and compare to a girl with true inner beauty, which surpasses even her own outer beauty. The poet compares the imperfections of summer to contradict the iridescent outer beauty. of the girl he loves. Even though summer seems like the best season, it is always undesirably “too short” (4) and nature always has its flaws but the girl does not. Sometimes it is “too hot” (5) and sometimes on a beautiful day its golden color is even dimmed, the clouds are overcast which, according to some, portends bad luck. But her beauty is never overshadowed by anything else nor her “golden complexion tarnished” (6). However, all these imperfections are not natural for her. She, he praises, is “more beautiful” and “more temperate” than a summer's day (2). In praising her beauty he even emphasizes the word “more”. Both amiable and temperate are words that show effective use of diction. Although she chooses words that accurately express her feelings, they also have strong connotations, adorable could imply high attractiveness, and exquisite and tempered beauty could imply that she is by nature a very strong person, but at the same time gentle and self-controlled. Shakespeare also shows all the imperfections of summer. through the image of flowers. Another example where the beauty of summer is interrupted by nature and therefore is incomparable with the beauty of girls is when the "Violent winds...shake the dear buds of May" (3), May is a time of the year when the weather starts to warm up and the flowers are in full bloom, beautiful in early summer. But unfortunately nature comes and takes away the beauty, the image of the May winds coming and blowing the petals away from the beautiful flowers shows the "rough" behaviors and shortcomings that nature has to offer. At the same time the wind is also a metaphor for adversities or problems in life and how it praises the person it loves because it is not influenced by obstacles. The poet further expresses and emphasizes that even though the buds and flowers may wither under the strong wind, its beauty remains intact; above all her inner beauty, her temperate nature that always endures adversity.