Sonnet 18

Question

by Shakespeare
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;
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 fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Sonnet 43
by William Shakespeare
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. love thee freely, as men strive for right. love thee purely, as they turn from praise. love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love / seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

Use "Sonnet 18" and "Sonnet 43" by William Shakespeare to answer the question.
Which statements accurately compare the poetic elements in both poems? Choose the two correct answers.
(1 point)
• Both are written in iambs with five syllables per line.
• Both end with the use of a rhyming couplet.
• Both consist of a single stanza of fourteen lines.
• Both are sonnets that use the same rhyme scheme.
• Both use similes and personification.

Answer 1

To compare the poetic elements in both "Sonnet 18" and "Sonnet 43," the two correct statements are:

1. Both consist of a single stanza of fourteen lines.
2. Both are sonnets that use the same rhyme scheme.

While "Sonnet 18" uses a specific rhyme scheme (ABABCDCDEFEFGG), "Sonnet 43," which is actually written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (not Shakespeare), follows a different rhyme scheme (ABBAABBACDCDCD). Therefore, the statement about both using the same rhyme scheme is incorrect.

Regarding the other options:

• Both poems do not have the same syllable pattern as "Sonnet 43" is comprised of varying metrical patterns.
• Both poems do not end with a rhyming couplet; "Sonnet 18" ends with one, while "Sonnet 43" has a different structure.
• While they may contain some figurative language, the use of similes and personification is more prevalent in "Sonnet 18."

So the accurate comparisons focus on stanza structure. However, it should be noted that comparing the arrangements and forms of both should point out that they are not from the same author, which may clarify any misunderstanding from the provided statement referencing both as Shakespeare's work.