What do you come to know about the poet s friend from the poem In Sonnet William Shakespeare - talks about a dear friend The poet compares his friend to a summer's day This shows how special and beautiful the friend is The poem reveals deep feelings about the friend s beauty and how it will never fade even with time The Friend is Very Beautiful Shakespeare says the friend s beauty is better than a summer's day While summer can be too hot or windy the friend s beauty is always perfect The friend is described as more lovely and more gentle than the season of summer Shakespeare says Thou art more lovely and more temperate The Friend s Beauty Will Never Fade Unlike the short life of a summer's day the friend s beauty will never change or disappear Shakespeare believes that the friend s beauty is eternal