Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? by Wiliam Shakepeare

What is the main theme of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare?

• The fleeting nature of beauty and life

• The harshness of winter

• The beauty of a summer's day

• The inevitability of death

Which line suggests that the subject of the sonnet is more temperate than a summer's day?

• Thou art more lovely and more temperate

• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

• And summer’s lease hath all too short a date

• Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

What does the phrase 'summer’s lease hath all too short a date' imply?

• Summer is too short

• Summer is too hot

• Summer is unpredictable

• Summer is eternal

According to the sonnet, what can cause beauty to decline?

• Chance or nature’s changing course

• The passage of time

• The harshness of winter

• The heat of summer

What does the poet claim will prevent the subject's 'eternal summer' from fading?

• Eternal lines to time

• The beauty of nature

• The warmth of summer

• The passage of time

In the sonnet, what does the poet suggest will give life to the subject?

• The poem itself

• The beauty of summer

• The subject's own actions

• The passage of time

What does the poet mean by 'So long as men can breathe or eyes can see'?

• The poem will endure as long as humanity exists

• The beauty of summer will last forever

• The subject will live forever

• The harshness of nature will persist