This sonnet opens up with an analogy that compares...

the speaker's lover to the perfect summer's day

the speaker's friend to a lovely summer's day

the speaker to a brisk fall day

the speaker's lover to a beautiful fall morning

Select the TWO (2) ways the sun is personified.

using the masculine pronoun "his"

Which TWO definitions of the word "fair" best apply to this poem?

fair, as in beautiful appearance

Shakespeare identifies reasons that summer isn't desirable. Select four (4) reasons he mentions in the poem.

the summer's wind blows off flower buds

sometimes the sun is dimmed by the clouds

Which of the follow lines are part of the couplet?

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,

An allusion to the Bible takes place in which of the following lines?

"Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade."

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day."

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."

"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines."

"Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

You are even more beautful and mild-mannered than summer.

You are even more beautiful than my love.

Summer is even more beautiful and moderate than you.

"And every fair from fair sometime declines."

Everything that's beautiful will eventually lose its beauty.

The lightest of skin will still get wrinkles.

Even though carnivals are fun, they must pick up and move to the next town.

"By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed."

By mistake or unpredictable clouds

With great odds and natural weather

By chance or an unplanned course

"But thy eternal summer shall not fade"?

The summer's sun will never go behind the clouds.

But your beauty will fade over time.

"Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade."

The beauty of life is shaded by death.

Death will wander in your shadow.

"When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st."

You will live on through the lines of this poem.

Your age will only add to your beauty.

Eternity is not enough time for our love to grow.

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see"?

As long as people walk the Earth.

Men can breathe for a long time.

Eyesight may eventually fade away.

As long as the speaker can see his love.

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Who is the author of Sonnet 18?

William Shakespeare

Lewis Carroll

Robert W. Service

William Service

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How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

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What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

AABB CCDD EEFF GG

ABBB CDDD EFFF GG

ABAB CDCD EFEF GH

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What is the meter of a Shakespearean sonnet?

iambic pentameter

iambic heptameter

iambic trimeter

iambic tetrameter

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How many iambs are in a line of iambic pentameter?

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Sonnet 18 Review

Who is the author of Sonnet 18?

How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

What is the meter of a Shakespearean sonnet?

How many quatrains are in this poem?

How many couplets are in this poem?

How many iambs are in a line of iambic pentameter?

How many syllables are in an iamb?

How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?

From what point of view is this poem told?

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