Sonnet 18

Open Ended

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is William Shakespeare best known for?

• Writing hugely successful theatre plays

• Inventing the printing press

• Composing classical music

• Painting famous portraits

Multiple Choice

What is the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of quatrains and couplets?

• 3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet

• 4 quatrains and no couplet

• 2 quatrains and 2 couplets

• 1 quatrain and 3 couplets

Multiple Choice

Which rhyme scheme is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

• ABAB CDED EFEF GG

Multiple Choice

Why are apostrophes used in unusual places in Early Modern English poetry such as Shakespeare’s sonnets?

• To indicate possession

• To remove syllables for meter

• To show emphasis

• To mark contractions

Multiple Choice

Which of the following figures of speech is NOT used in the first quatrain of Sonnet 18?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Rhetorical question

Multiple Choice

Which figure of speech is used in the phrase "the eye of heaven shines" from Quatrain 2?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Open Ended

How does the poet use the concept of 'eternal summer' in Quatrain 3 to convey the theme of immortality?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are themes presented in the poem, as summarized in the slides?

• Immortality through art

• The power of love

• Time and nature vs. permanence

• The beauty of nature

Open Ended

What reasons does the poet give as to why he cannot compare his friend to a summer day?

Open Ended

Explain the central metaphor of the poem.

Open Ended

Reflecting on what you learned about William Shakespeare and Sonnet 18, is there anything you did not understand or would like more help with?