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Question 10 • Literature and Composition I

Which is an example of a couplet from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”?

Answer
A
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
B
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
C
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
D
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.