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Sonnett 18

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Did The Narrator Say He Should Compare A Summers Day?

a)

To Fall

b)

A Warm Spring Day

c)

To Lovely And Temperate Art

d)

Nature's Changing Course

2.

What Shall Death Not Brag About

a)

His Gold Complexion

b)

Thou Wander'st In His Shade

c)

Eternal Lines To Time Thou Grow'st

d)

Summers Lease Hath All Too Short A Date

3.

What does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?

a)

Strong winds Destroy Spring Flowers

b)

Strong Winds Cannot Touch The Flowers

c)

Strong Winds Don't Stand A Chance Against His Love

d)

Strong Winds Destroy His Love For May

4.

Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares a girl to..

a)

Spring Day

b)

Summer's Day

c)

Nature

d)

His Heartbeat

5.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a sonnet?
a)
It is a narrative poem
b)
It has a theme
c)
It has a regular meter
d)
It had a specific rhyme scheme
6.

How many lines Does This Poem Have?

a)

8

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

7.
What is the rhyme scheme used by Spenser?
a)
aabb ccdd eeff gg
b)
abab cdcd efef aa
c)
abab bcbc cdcd ee
d)
aabb bbcc ccdd ee
8.
What is the metaphor in Sonnet 18?
a)
Comparing Shakespeare to his beloved
b)
Comparing his beloved to a summer's day
c)
Comparing Shakepeare to a summer's day
d)
Comparing his beloved to time
9.

What poetic device is used in the following Line of Sonnet 18: "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

10.

In Sonnet 18, What Does "eye of heaven" Mean?

a)

Friend's eye

b)

Sky

c)

Sun

d)

Moon