Sonnet 18

Which of the following best describes the main theme of the poem?

• Love takes time to develop between two people.

• Love is complicated and can be difficult to sustain.

• Like summer, love and poetry are brief but powerful.

• Unlike summer, love and poetry are constant and everlasting.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best describes the effect of the use of figurative language in the poem?

• The speaker uses metaphors to compare his beloved to the summer, and criticizes the summer for being harsh and fleeting.

• The speaker personifies the sun, and makes it appear like the sun is a friendly individual who one would want to be compared to.

• The speaker personifies death to create conflict as he battles death for his beloved.

• The speaker uses high diction throughout the poem, and makes his relationship to his beloved appear informal.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following best describes the function of "Time" in the poem?

• The speaker declares that his beloved's loveliness will live on forever through his poetry, unlike the short-lived summer season.

• The speaker laments the fleeting nature of summer, as it is his favorite season and he wishes its warmth and brightness could last longer.

• The speaker admits that although his beloved's beauty will fade with time, his love will not fade.

• The speaker explains that he loves his beloved more than he adores the summer because his beloved can love him back.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which detail from the poem best supports that the speaker declares that his beloved's loveliness will live on forever through his poetry?

• "And summer's lease hath all too short a date." (Line 4)

• "And every fair from fair sometime declines" (Line 7)

• "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" (Line 9)

• "So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see" (Line 13)

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9