by William Shakespeare
1.To whom is the 'Sonnet No. 18' addressed?
2."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" Why does the poet put this question?
3.Which season is mentioned in Sonnet No. 18?
4."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" What do you mean by 'thee'? Who is referred to here as 'thee'?
5.What does Shakespeare compare his friend to?
6.What is the purpose of the poet in the beginning of the poem with a question?
7.How are the winds of May?
8.What's the darling buds of May?
9."And summer's lease hath all too short a date."-What is meant by "summer's lease"?
10.How has the friend been described in the first quatrain of the Sonnet?
11.What does "the eye of the heaven" refer to?
12."And often is his gold complexion dimmed"- Whose complexion is referred to here?
13.How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed?
14."And every fair from fair sometime declines"- What truth does the line exhibit here?
15.Which shall never fade?
16.Whose summer is eternal?
17.How can eternal summer be maintained?
18."But the eternal summer shall not fade."- What does the word 'summer' refer to here?
19.What does the young friend of the poet possess?
20.What shall death not brag in Shakespeare Sonnet No. 18?
21.Who has no control over the beauty of the poet's friend?
22.How long will the young man be remembered in Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18?
23.What does the expression "so long as men can breathe" mean?
24."So long lives this"- What is referred to by the word this?
25."And this gives life to thee"- who is the person referred to here and what would give him life?
26.What gives life to the poet's friend in Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18?
27.How does the poet suggest that the beauty of his friend shall never fade?
28.What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?
29.Why is poetry not subjected to death and decay?
30. Who are the darling buds of May?
