A Quiz on Sonnet 18

Please answer these questions as fast as possible and then check the answers below. Have fun!
1. How many quatrains and couplet are there in this sonnet?

2. What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet?

3. In this sonnet, the persona has compared his beloved to a..?

4. State one downside of a summer's day.

5. What is the meaning of this line 'Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines'?

6. 'Thy eternal summer' means...

7. Give one example of personification.

8. What is the theme of this sonnet?

9. Explain the meaning of the couplet. 'So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee'.

10. What have you learned from this sonnet?


Possible answers

1. 3 quatrains and 1 couplet

2. abab cdcd efef gg

3. summer's day

4. A summer's day can be too windy / A summer's day can be too hot / A summer's day can be too short / Sometimes the sun won't come out on a summer's day

5. At times the sun can be too bright making the day too hot.

6. 'Thy eternal summer' means your everlasting beauty.

7. ( i ) the eye of heaven ( ii ) his gold complexion dimm'd ( iii ) Death brag thou wander'st in his shade

8. Love / Nature / Beauty

9. As long as someone reads this sonnet, your beauty will last forever.

10. ( i ) We learn to appreciate nature. ( ii ) We learn to appreciate beauty. ( iii ) We learn that nothing lasts forever.