Week 9: An Introduction to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet, Part 1 Answers

Read the stanza from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”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:

How is a poem's rhyme scheme marked and identified?

Owen is writing about the central ideas in "Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare.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.

Which best defines a couplet?

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

Read the line from “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare.But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Erin is writing about the history of sonnets. Which is a fact Erin can include in her history?

Which best defines a quatrain?

articles, such as “the” or “a”prepositions, such as “through” or “on”conjunctions, such as “and” or “but”nouns, such as “love” or “truth”

Ms. Jameson is using "Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare to teach her students how to analyze a rhyme scheme.So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.