9O - Exploring Sonnet 18: A Quiz

What is the primary theme of Sonnet 18?

• The inevitability of death

• The enduring nature of beauty

• The power of love

• The passage of time

What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

• ABCD EFGH IJKL MN

In Sonnet 18, what does the speaker suggest about the subject's beauty?

• It will fade with time

• It is more lovely and temperate than a summer's day

• It is fleeting and temporary

• It is dependent on external factors

What is the effect of the volta, or turn, in Sonnet 18?

• It introduces a new argument

• It shifts the tone from negative to positive

• It resolves the conflict presented earlier

• It emphasizes the speaker's doubt

How does the speaker claim to immortalize the subject's beauty?

• Through a painting

• Through the written word

• Through a song

• Through a sculpture

What motif is evident in the comparison to a "summer's day"?

• The motif of nature

• The motif of war

• The motif of dreams

• The motif of travel

Which line from Sonnet 18 contains an example of alliteration?

• "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

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

• "But thy eternal summer shall not fade"

• "Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest"

What is the meter of Sonnet 18?

• Iambic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Anapestic trimeter

• Dactylic hexameter

What does the speaker mean by "eternal lines" in the sonnet?

• The lines of a painting

• The lines of a song

• The lines of the poem

• The lines of a play

What is the effect of the imagery in the line "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"?

• It suggests the harshness of the sun

• It implies the sun is weak

• It indicates the sun is setting

• It portrays the sun as gentle