Sonnet 18

What type of poem is sonnet 18?

• Shakespearean sonnet

• Petrarchan sonnet

• Lyrical poem

• Narrative poem

Give a synonym for 'compare' in line 1.

• liken

• equate

• equal to

• all of the answers

Write 'thee' in standard English.

• me

• them

• you

• we

'Thou art more lovely and more temperate'

What does temperate mean?

• a good temperature

• not too hot or not too cold

• a calm gentle disposition (personality)

• Never know what to expect

What is a 'lease'?

• temporary contract

• a yearly contract

• to hire someone

• to fire someone

Give a standard English word for ow'st.

• own

• owner

• possession

• none of the answers

What does 'untrimmed' mean?

• to cut

• to take away beauty

• to leave metaphorically

• just the change of seasons

Briefly explain the structure of the poem by ticking the applicable boxes.

• Three quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet

• Written in 14 lines in iambic pentameter

• rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg

What statement is made in the octave?

• That is beloved will live forever

• That his beloved is more beautiful than a summer's day

• That his beloved has flaws as well

• That summer is the greatest season

'Shall I compare thee to a summer day' is a

• metaphor

• simile

• rhetorical question

• personification