SONNET 18 William Shakespeare
SONNET CHARACTERISTICS * 14 lines * 3 quatrains (4 lines) and the last two lines are a rhyming couplet * Specific rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
SONNET 18 Identify: * RHYME SCHEME * 1 example of consonance *2 examples of personification *1 example of assonance *2 examples of imagery *1 example of alliteration * 1 metaphor
VERSE Sonnet 18 is written in which verse? Traditional Blank Free
TYPE OF POETRY Which type of poetry? Narrative Lyric Dramatic
ANALYSIS QUESTIONS What are some of the problems with a summer's day that the poet discusses in the first eight lines? What does the poet mean when he says, "But thy eternal summer shall not fade"?
ANALYSIS QUESTIONS * In the couplet - "So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." What does the "this" refer to? * How does "this" continue to give this young person life--even 400 years after Shakespeare wrote the poem?