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Sonnet 18

Shakespeare specifically compares his beloved to a summer's day.

Summer

Shakespeare compares his lover to what?

This medium can be a book, the Internet, or any way people are able to read the sonnet.

The medium in which the poem is being shared through

In the sonnet, the word "this" refers to what?

He mentions negative aspects of summer to support the fact that he thinks his love is better than summer.

False!

True or false: Shakespeare mentions negative aspects of summer

Shakespeare does not write about rain in this sonnet.

There are many rainy days

Which of the following does Shakespeare not mention as a fault of summer?

The last line of the sonnet implies that as long as mankind exists, so will the love.

True or false: Shakespeare believes his love will one day fade.

"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines..."

The sun

In line 5, the "eye of heaven" is what?

Read the sonnet again!

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