WorksheetsSonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What type of poem is this?
Sonnet
Ballad
Haiku
Rap
Shakespeare says the subject will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?
People will read about her in his poems
She will die and go to heaven
She will fall out of line
People will know her because of her beauty
What does Sonnet 18 start with?
A question
A couplet
Blank Verse
Uneven rhyme
Which of the following best describes a theme of the sonnet?
Nature is indifferent to mankind and is often cruel and punishing.
Love is like the natural world in that it often changes and grows with time.
Love is grander and more enduring than what it is often compared to.
Love is the surest way to find happiness in life and the afterlife.
Which of the following best describes the effect of the use of figurative language in the poem?
The speaker uses metaphors to compare his beloved to the summer, and criticizes the summer for being harsh and fleeting.
The speaker personifies the sun, and makes it appear like the sun is a friendly individual who one would want to be compared to.
The speaker personifies death to create conflict as he battles death for his beloved.
The speaker uses high diction throughout the poem, and makes his relationship to his beloved appear informal.
Which of the following best describes the function of “Time” in the poem?
The speaker declares that his beloved’s loveliness will live on forever through his poetry, unlike the short-lived summer season.
The speaker laments the fleeting nature of summer, as it is his favorite season and he wishes its warmth and brightness could last longer.
The speaker explains that he loves his beloved more than he adores the summer because his beloved can love him back.
The speaker admits that although his beloved’s beauty will fade with time, his love will not fade.
In the first four lines, the speaker claims that the person to whom he is speaking:
enjoys summer days more than any other season
is not quite as nice as a typical summer day
has several qualities that make them similar to a summer day
is better than a summer day in several ways
Which of the following best describes how the speaker describes summer in the beginning?
too hot and ever-changing
warm and lovely
beautiful yet cruel
uneventful yet pleasant
At the end of the poem, the speaker says that the person they are addressing is unlike summer in that:
they will fade away, while summer comes back each year
they are brighter than the summer sun
they are warmer than the summer heat
they will live on eternally in the speaker’s writing
What is Shakespeare saying about summer in lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 of his poem?
It is too hot and can make you uncomfortable.
The season is windy and begins too early.
The weather is not perfect or lasting.
Summer is the best season.
What is the intention of Shakespeare comparing his love to a summer’s day?
To show that he loves both his lady and the season of summer equally.
To show that she is more beautiful than summer and his love will last.
To demonstrate that his love is going to fade just like summer.
To convey that she could never be as good as summer.
In line 5, the phrase “the eye of heaven” is a:
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Assonance
What is the rhyme scheme for this poem
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ABAB
ABBA
BABA
Complete the rhyme scheme
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Complete the rhyme scheme
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"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.
Epic
Narrative Poem
Sonnet
Limerick
