Sonnet 18 Poetry

What is the main theme of Sonnet 18?

• Love and passion

• Nature and the seasons

• Mortality and the passage of time

• Eternal beauty

Who is the author of Sonnet 18?

• John Keats

• Emily Dickinson

• Robert Frost

• William Shakespeare

What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18?

• ABABCDCDEFEFGG

• ABABABABABABABAB

• ABABABABABABABCD

• ABABABABABABABEF

What is the structure of Sonnet 18?

• Two quatrains and a sestet.

• Four quatrains.

• One octave and a sestet.

• Three quatrains and a couplet

What is the significance of the line 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' in Sonnet 18?

• It introduces the central theme of the poem.

• It describes the speaker's love interest as being as beautiful as a summer's day.

• It suggests that the speaker is comparing his love interest to a fleeting and temporary season.

• It implies that the speaker is questioning the worthiness of comparing his love interest to a summer's day.

What is the tone of Sonnet 18?

• celebratory and admiring

• humorous and sarcastic

• critical and dismissive

• melancholic and sorrowful

What is the purpose of Sonnet 18?

• To explore the theme of love and loss.

• To criticize the societal norms of the time.

• To immortalize the beauty of the beloved through poetry.

• To express the poet's personal emotions and feelings.

What is the central metaphor used in Sonnet 18?

• comparing the subject to a winter's day.

• comparing the subject to a rainy day.

• comparing the subject to a cloudy day.

• comparing the subject to a summer's day

What is the overall message of Sonnet 18?

• The power of love and desire.

• The importance of physical appearance.

• The fleeting nature of beauty.

• Eternal beauty and immortality of the beloved

What literary devices are used in Sonnet 18?

• metaphor, personification, imagery

• irony, oxymoron, allusion

• simile, alliteration, symbolism

• hyperbole, onomatopoeia, foreshadowing