Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Question 1

In the first quatrain, the speaker is comparing

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his beloved and a summer day.

Question 2

couplet✔ quatrainsonnet

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✔ quatrain; The first four lines of the poem make up a.: quatrain; The last two lines of the poem make up a.: couplet

Question 3

✔ coupletquatrainparaphrase

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✔ couplet

Question 4

Reread the first six lines of the sonnet. If the first line is identified as “a” in the rhyme scheme, how should the remaining lines be identified?

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✔ b; Thou art more lovely and more temperate:: b; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,: a; And summer's lease hath all too short a date:: b; Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,: c; And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,: d

Question 5

✔ abcd

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✔ a

Question 6

a✔ bcd

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✔ b

Question 7

ab✔ cd

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✔ c

Question 8

abc✔ d

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✔ d

Question 9

Read the second quatrain of the sonnet, and then answer the questions below.

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What is the best paraphrase of the first two lines?: The sun is sometimes too hot or dim.; Beauty eventually fades.

Question 10

It is not fair that you do not love me.✔ Beauty eventually fades.Nature is violent and unpredictable.

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✔ Beauty eventually fades.

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