Sonnet 18 By William 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. juestions 1. How does the question in the opening line gain our attention immediately? 2. How does Shakespeare answer this question? 3. What do we learn about the course of nature’s summer? 4, How does the poet describe Death's attitude to people? Why do we have such a strong response to this personification of death? 5. The ‘eternal lines’ the poet is talking about are this poem: how is it going to give his loved ones immortality? 6. Sonnet 18 uses metaphor. What two things are being compared in the sonnet? , 7. Pretend you are the person to whom this poem is written. Write a short note to ‘William Shakespeare in response to the poem.Vask 8 | Compose a Sonnet Here is your chance to write your own sonnet. TI has isn't necessarily as hard as you think! However, your sonnet will require careful thought, drafting, and planning. A good sonnet cant be written in five minutes ~ it will requite many dralts and many readings by other people "The following sonnet by Anthony Louas isan excelent example ‘Anthony was in Year 8 when he wrote this sonnet. Like Shakespeare, ‘Anthony chose to base his sonnet on a subject that he is pas My Dream Car by Anthony Loutas As | enter my dream, al my thoughts come true [My WAK is the greatest of al, With its soft leather seats and dual airbags too, Its engine is roaring like a monsters call. Like gleaming hot fire its sizing paint job, After months of waiting, it finally arrives, 1s yellow in colour lke delicious corn cob, [ake it for a spin and it really fle. With a quick Yook in the mirror to fx my hat, | tear down the street with the cops behind me, | zoom loudly past as pedestrians star. Fiying fast down the street so that | can flee, ‘The last thing | hear is a repeated beep. | rub my tired eyes as | wake from my sleep. Before you begin writing, revise with a partner the ee main features of a sonnet. ssionate about Did you remember to try to follow the kind of thyme scheme chat you have seen in Shakespeare’ sonnets?