shall I compare thee

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is Sonnet no.

• 18

• 126

• 137

The rhyme scheme of ‘Shall I compare thee’ is

• abba,abba cdde

• abcd,abcd

• abab, cdcd,efef,gg

The theme that Shakespeare explores in Sonnet 18 is

• Carpe diem

• timelessness of poetry

• Death as an agent of nature

Who is the sonnet addressed to-

• the young man

• dark lady

• poet himself

The poet compares his friend to

• winters day

• summers day

• spring day

The word ‘temperate’ means-

• moderate

• warm

• friendly

The rough winds of summer-

• shakes the darling buds of winter

• shakes the darling buds of may

• shakes the darling bud of april

Summer has

• short duration

• long duration

• constant

‘The eye of heaven’ in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 18 refers to

• stars

• sun

• moon

Whose eternal summer shall not fade?

• Shakespeare’s

• The fair youth

• The black lady