Sonnet 18

Question 1

What metaphor does he use for his lover

Answer 1

Summer “gold complexion dimmed” - comparing his love to something as beautiful as the sun

Question 2

Themes of the poem

Answer 2

Nature
Love
Time

Question 3

Time..

Answer 3

Withers us all

Question 4

The message of the poem is

Answer 4

Beauty will fade, but eternal beauty will last forever

Question 5

Use of language

Answer 5

Rhetorical question
Alliteration
Repetition

Question 6

Uses of imagery

Answer 6

Personification

Use of summer

Question 7

Example of a personification

Answer 7

Compares his love to the sun - “and often is his gold complexion dimm’d”

Question 8

Example of alliteration

Answer 8

“Every fair from fair” - by using alliteration it creates rhythm and an atmosphere

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

Second line is him explaining that he will talk about his love because his love is beautiful - “thou art more lovely and more temperate”

Question 10

Rhetorical question

Answer 10

“Shall I compare thee to a summers day?”