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 18" by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 43
by William Shakespeare

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I 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.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I 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.

"Sonnet 43" by William Shakespeare

Question
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)
Responses

Both use similes and personification.
Both use similes and personification.

Both end with the use of a rhyming couplet.
Both end with the use of a rhyming couplet.

Both are sonnets that use the same rhyme scheme.
Both are sonnets that use the same rhyme scheme.

Both consist of a single stanza of fourteen lines.
Both consist of a single stanza of fourteen lines.

Both are written in iambs with five syllables per line.
Both are written in iambs with five syllables per line.
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Answer 1

To compare the poetic elements in "Sonnet 18" and "Sonnet 43" by William Shakespeare, 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.

Both poems are indeed sonnets, characterized by their structure of fourteen lines, and they follow the typical rhyme scheme associated with Shakespearean sonnets (ABABCDCDEFEFGG). The other options regarding similes and personification, rhyming couplets, and iambic pentameter contain inaccuracies or do not hold true for both poems. For example, "Sonnet 43" does not conclude with a rhyming couplet, and they do not contain five syllables per line but rather ten syllables in an iambic meter.