Sonnet 18': Structure in 'Sonnet 18'

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A phrase or image is used to mean something other than its literal meaning

A phrase or image represents its literal meaning

A phrase or image represents the rhythm of a poem

In 'Sonnet 18', summer is presented as being ...

Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18' uses which poetic metre?

What does the metre of Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18' symbolise?

Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18' follows what rhyme scheme for the majority of the poem?

It represents the coming together of the two lovers

It shows that the poem has come to an end

Why does Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18' end with a rhyming couplet?

A line of poetry has fifteen pairs of syllables

A line of poetry has five pairs of syllables

A line of poetry has ten pairs of syllables

Lines of poetry have a range of syllables

All of the lines have the same rhyme at the end

When a phrase or image is used to mean something other than its literal meaning, this is called ...

In 'Sonnet 18' Shakespeare presents summer as being ...

That his lover is almost perfect, like the summer

That his lover's beauty will not fade, unlike the summer

What does the speaker mean when he says, "But thy eternal summer shall not fade"?

Summer is something that everyone can relate to, so it is a good comparison

They are both beautiful, but the summer is better than the young man as it is perfect while he is imperfect

They are both beautiful, but the young man is better than summer as he is perfect while summer is imperfect

Why does the speaker compare the young man to a summer's day?