How many stanzas does this poem have?Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of MayAnd summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shadeWhen in eternal lines to time thou growest;So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this;—and this gives life to thee.A.1B.14C.4D.3SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.1Rough winds do shake the darling buds2 of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.[5]Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion3 dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade,[10]Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,4Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest5 in his shade,When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.6So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare (1608) is in the public domain.Unless otherwise noted, this content is licensed under theCC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licenseNotesAllDefinitionsFootnotesTemperate (adjective) : moderate or mildblossomsComplexion (noun) : natural color or appearance, especially of the faceyou oweyou wanderyou growRead AloudAnnotateTranslateAssessment QuestionsShow Less12345Re-read lines 9-14 of the poem. What is the conclusion of the sonnet and how does this contribute to the poem's overall meaning? Cite evidence in your answer.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a dateLooking at its structure, which of the following reasons DOES NOT  support why this poem is classified as a sonnet?Group of answer choicesThe poem revolves around the theme of love.The poem follows a strict rhyme scheme.The poem is written in iambic pentameter.The poem consists of 14 lines.

How many stanzas does this poem have?Who will believe my verse in time to come,If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?Though yet, heaven knows, it is but as a tombWhich hides your life and shows not half your parts.If I could write the beauty of your eyesAnd in fresh numbers number all your graces,The age to come would say 'This poet lies;Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'So should my papers yellow'd with their ageBe scorn'd like old men of less truth than tongue,And your true rights be term'd a poet's rageAnd stretched metre of an antique song:But were some child of yours alive that time,You should live twice; in it and in my rhyme.A.13B.4C.1D.3SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date Which of the following elements of a sonnet do the underlined terms exemplify?Group of answer choicesRhymeRhyme SchemeRhythmMeter

Which words or phrases suggest a sense of relief from the heat of summer in stanza 1?