The little soft buds of May are swayed vigorously by the summer winds. Even the bright rays of the summer sun cannot surpass the beauty of the friend. The first quatrain of the poem establishes the fact that his friend’s beauty is more permanent than the summer day’s. Winds do shake the darling buds of May, /And summer’s lease hath all too shortĪ date.’ How does the poet focus on the theme of ‘time and love’ in the aboveĪns) In Sonnet no 18, the poet William Shakespeare discusses the fleeting nature of time. A typical summer day comes to an end very soon unlike the beauty of the friend. In summer the sun rays are too bright or the clouds cover them at times. It is not more beautiful than his friend. The poet says that summer is short-lived. The beauty of his friend to a summer’s day. William Shakespeare makes the comparison in his sonnet no 18. ‘a summer’s day’? What are the blemishes of summer?
I compare thee to a summer’s day’- Who makes the comparison? Who is compared to Descriptive/Analytical Questions with Answers from – Shall I Compare Thee? Themes of Shakespeare’s sonnet ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Īre discussed in Shakespeare’s ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ are theīrevity of time, the temporal nature of beauty and life and the timelessness of Poetry would be eternal and those whom he depicts in his poetry would also liveĮternally through the lines in his verse. Line the poet tries to convey that his poetry would make his friend eternal.Ĭonveyed in the sonnet is that Shakespeare’s verse will be ever remembered. Life to thee’- What is meant by this line? Shakespeare eternal summer can be maintained through the lines of his poetry, To Shakespeare, how can eternal summer be maintained? Not be able to boastfully drag the poet’s friend to its shade. Words ‘his shade’ refer to the shadow of death. Wand ‘rest in his shade’, – Whose shade is referred to by ‘his shade’? Not brag about claiming the life of the poet’s friend.
Shall not brag about claiming the life of the poet’s friend? Summer’ refers to the everlasting beauty of the poet’s friend. Passage of time everything fair declines and loses its beauty. Sometimes the sun shines too brightly and at otherĬomplexion’ of the sun is dimmed by the clouds, which gather in the sky with What demerits does the beauty of the sun possess? Why does ‘every fair from fair sometime declines’?Īns) ‘Every fair from fair sometime declines’ due to nature’s unchanging course or by chance.ġ1.I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ – Does the speaker think that the comparisonĬomparison is not proper to the poet because he thinks that the beauty of hisįriend is more lovely and temperate than the summer’s day. The adjectives, ‘lovely’ and ‘temperate’ to describe the beauty of the friend. William Shakespeare has been referred to as ‘I’ in ‘Shall I compare thee to aĪdjective does the poet use to describe the beauty of the friend? Has been referred to as ‘I’ in ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is the number of the sonnet ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’?Īns) Of the 154 sonnets in the Shakespearean sonnet sequence, the 18 th sonnet is ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day. Lines of a Shakespearean sonnet is called a couplet. Shakespearean sonnet consist of 14 lines of iambic pentameter ending in aĪre the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet called?
Is the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet? Short Answer Type Questions with answers from – Shall I Compare Thee? The word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is-Īsserts that his friend will never lose possession of his-ĭeath brag thou wand ‘rest in his shade,’- here ‘shade’ refers to. Heaven’ in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 18 refers to-Įternal summer shall not fade’. Theme that Shakespeare explores in Sonnet 18 is. Rhyme scheme of ‘Shall I compare thee’ is. I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is Sonnet no. Sonnet 18 – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day ? – Explained in Bengali MCQ ( Multiple Choice Questions ) with answers from – Shall I Compare Thee?