3. "But the eternal summer shall not fade. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st - whose 'eternal summer' is being referred to here? What does 'eternal summer' mean? Why is the 'summer' called eternal? 1+2+3
Ans. The summer of the poet's beloved friend is referred to here.
Eternal summer means eternal beauty of the poet's beloved friend.
The poet believes that every lovely natural object is changed or decayed, which is inevitable. But his friend’s beauty is imperishable. Death and time will not be able to snatch his beauty. The poet's friends' eternal summer shall never fade. The beauty of his friend will remain immortal through this sonnet and this is the conclusion that the poet draws at the end of the poem.
