SONNET 18

The poet compares his beloved to —

• A summer flower

• Summer breeze

• A summer’s day

• Summer tune.

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Compared to a summer’s day, the poet’s friend is —

• More lovely and more temperate

• More sweet and soothing

• More attractive and beautiful

• (d) More sensuous and passionate

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The rough winds of summer

• Blow the flowers away

• Shake the darling buds of May

• Prevent the birds to fly

• Blows a beautiful scent

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“Eye of heaven” means –

• Moon

• Earth

• Sun

• Stars

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The phrase ‘gold complexion dimmed’ means —

• The sun rays become scorching

• The sun rays diminish

• The sun rays fade

• The sun rays hide

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That beauty is never lasting is the —

• Law of nature

• Law of changing course

• Law of tide

• Law of time

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The poet asserts that his poetry will eternalize

• The youth of his friend

• The beauty of nature

• The eye of heaven

• The darling buds of May

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The poet asserts that his friend will never lose possession of his –

• Property

• Health

• Beauty

• Wealth

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The poet asserts that even ________ cannot fade the beauty of his friend.

• Nature

• Heaven

• Death

• Time

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The beauty of the friend will be eternalized in the

• Darling buds of May

• Lines written by the poet

• Eye of heaven

• Beauty of nature

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