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Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?.

by William Shakespeare.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of this poem?

Q02of 10

What is the primary reason the speaker gives for NOT comparing his beloved to a summer's day?

Q03of 10

In the line 'the eye of heaven shines,' what does 'the eye of heaven' refer to?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'summer's lease hath all too short a date' mean in context?

Q05of 10

Which poetic technique is most clearly demonstrated in 'Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May'?

Q06of 10

What shift in the poem's argument occurs at the line beginning 'But thy eternal summer'?

Q07of 10

What is the speaker's tone in the poem's closing couplet?

Q08of 10

What does the word 'fair' refer to when the speaker writes 'every fair from fair sometime declines'?

Q09of 10

How does Shakespeare use the theme of immortality through art in this poem?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'eternal lines to time thou grow'st' most likely means that the beloved will:

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