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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day Suggestion 2022

Broad Question Suggestions:

Q1. “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”- What does ‘this’ refer to? Who is referred to as ‘thee’? What does ‘this’ give to whom and how? (1+1+4=6)

Q2. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”- Who is the poet and what is the poem? What is meant by ‘thy eternal summer’? How does the poet suggest that ‘thy eternal summer’ shall not fade? (1+1+4=6) (XII- ’15,17)

Q3. What does the poet mean by ‘eye of heaven’? Explain the line- “And every fair from fair sometime declines.” How does the poet prove that his friend’s eternal summer will never decay? (1+2+3=6)

Q4. What do the rough winds do? What does the phrase ‘summer’s lease’ suggest? What are the deficiencies of the summer season? (1+2+3=6)

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? । বাংলা অনুবাদ। William Shakespeare । Substance । Important Word Notes । Central Idea । WBCHSE । Class 12

Short Question Suggestions:

1.    " …and this gives life to thee" ---What does 'life' mean here?

2.    "... and this gives life to thee"-Who is 'thee' referred to here?

3.    "And every fair from fair sometime declines" -What is meant by the first 'fair' and by the second 'fair'?

4.    "And Summer lease hath all too short a date" - What is meant by 'summer’s lease?

5.    "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" - - what does the word 'summer' refer to here?

6.    "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" --Whose eternal summer is referred to here?

7.    "By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed"- What does 'by chance' mean here?

8.    "Shall I compare thee." – Whom shall the poet compare?

9.    "Shall I compare thee summer’s day?” – Does the speaker think the comparison proper or worthy?

10. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" - - does the speaker think the comparison proper or worthy?

11. "So long lives this"- What is referred to by the word 'this'?

12. ‘So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’- What is ‘this’ here?

13. ‘Thy eternal summer’ – What do you mean by ‘summer’ here?

14. “And every fair from fair sometimes declines.” – What does the poet mean by two ‘fairs’ in this poem?

15. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”. – Who is ‘thy’ here?

16. “So long lives this.” – What is referred to by the word “this”?

17. “Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” – What does the word ‘temperate’ suggest?

18. “Thou art more lovely” – What is the meaning of ‘thou’?

19. Ans- The poet's plan is to beat death by describing the beauty of his friend in his Sonnet.

20. Ans: The complexion of sun is golden.

21. Give an example of imagery in Sonnet No. 18.

22. Give an example of personification in Sonnet 18.

23. Give some examples of archaic words or old usage words used in Sonnet 18.

24. How are the winds of May?

25. How are the winds that blow in summer in “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?”

26. How can eternal lines be maintained?

27. How does Shakespeare depict the sun?

28. How does Shakespeare personify 'death'?

29. How does Sonnet 18 end?

30. How does the eye of heaven' sometimes shine in summer?

31. How does the' eye of Heaven' sometimes shine in summer?

32. How does the poet differ from eternal summer and a summer day in the poem?

33. How does the poet plan to beat death?

34. How does the poet's friend surpass a Summer Day?

35. How has the friend been described in the first quatrain of Sonnet No. 18?

36. How is death personified in Sonnet no 18?

37. How is summer's lease?

38. How is the complexion of Sun described in Sonnet no 18?

39. How is the complexion of the sun?

40. How is the gold complexion of the Sun dimmed?

41. How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed?

42. How long will the young man be remembered in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18? (2018)

43. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

44. How will the beauty of the poet's friend remain bright?

45. How, according to the poet, has his friend been immortalized?

46. In which month can the ‘darling buds’ be seen? (HS – 2020)

47. Mention some shortcomings of summer in comparison to the poet’s friend.

48. Mention the Sonnet number of “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” in the sequence of 154 sonnets.

49. Name the month which is referred to in “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?”

50. Of which season does the Sonnet 18 speak?

51. So long lives this"-What is referred to here by 'this'?

52. To what does Shakespeare compare his friend?

53. To whom is Sonnet 18 addressed?

54. To whom is Sonnet number 18 addressed?

55. What are the drawbacks of a summer day?

56. What are the drawbacks of a summer day?

57. What are the shortcomings of the summer in comparison to the poet's friend?

58. What causes the decline of 'fair'?

59. What destroy the flowers of summer?

60. What did Shakespeare compare his young friend to?

61. What do the rough winds do?

62. What do the rough winds do?

63. What do you mean by "thy eternal summer"?

64. What do you mean by ‘summer’s lease’?

65. What do you mean by the “eye of heaven”?

66. What does' Eye Of Heaven' refer to?

67. What does 'Nature's changing course' mean?

68. What does Shakespeare compare his friend to?

69. What does Shakespeare compare his friend too?

70. What does sometimes decline in nature?

71. What does the expression 'eternal lines' refer to?

72. What does the eye of heaven refer to in the poem "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"

73. What does 'the eye of heaven' refer to?

74. What does the line "And every fair from fair sometime declines" suggest?

75. What does the line “And every fair from fair sometimes decline” mean? (HS Exam – 2020)

76. What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘the eye of heaven’?

77. What does the young friend possess?

78. What gives life to the poet’s friend in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet No.18”? (2018)

79. What happens to everything fair in the sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s day'?

80. What is ‘lease’ in “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare?

81. What is couplet?

82. What is meant by 'summer's lease' in Sonnet No. 18?

83. What is meant by 'summer's lease'?

84. What is meant by' thy eternal summer '?

85. What is the complexion of the eye of heaven that dims sometimes?

86. What is the meaning of ‘thy’?

87. What is the pattern of division of Sonnet No. 18?

88. What is the prevailing comparison in Sonnet No. 18?

89. What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18?

90. What is the theme of the poem?

91. What is the youth compared to?

92. What makes every fair from fair decline?

93. What makes' every fair from fair' decline?

94. What message is given through the sonnet?

95. What season is mentioned in Sonnet no 18?

96. What shakes the ‘the darling buds of May’?

97. What shakes the darling buds of May?

98. What shakes the darling buds of May?

99. What shall death not brag of Shakespeare's sonnet no 18?

100. What shall death not brag of?

101.   What type of poem is “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?”

102.   What type of poem is 'Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s day'?

103.   What type of Sonnet is “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare?

104.   What type of sonnet is sonnet no-18? (WBCHSE-2019)

105.   What will give life to the poet's friend?

106.   What will 'give life' to the poet's friend?

107.   What will happen "as long as men can breathe or eyes can see"?

108.   What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?

109.   What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?

110.   What will make the poet’s friend eternal?

111.    What, according to the poet, will his friend not lose?

112.    When was William Shakespeare born?

113.    Where, according to Shakespeare, does death take every living being?

114. Where, according to the poem, has his friend grown?

115. Which lines are called 'eternal lines' and why?

116.     Which season is mentioned in Sonnet No.18?

117.     Which shall never fade?

118.     Who is addressed to in this sonnet?

119.     Who is the speaker of Sonnet 18?

120.     Who will not brag that ‘thou wand’rest in his shade’?

121.     Who wrote the poem?

122.    Whom is Sonnet no 18 addressed to ?

123.      Whose complexion is referred to in Sonnet no 18?

124.      Whose summer is described as eternal in Shakespeare's Sonnet no 18?

125.      Why does Shakespeare like to compare his friend to a summer's day?

126.      Why does the poet begin the poem “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” with a question mark?

127.    Why does the poet begin the poem with a question?

128.      Why is the ‘gold complexion’ of the sun dimmed?

129.    Why is the friend's beauty called more temperate than summer?

MCQ Suggestions:

1. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is Sonnet no.-

a. 16

b. 17

c. 18

d. 19

2. The word ‘temperate’ means-

a. Warm

b. Moderate

c. Friendly

d. Temporary

3. The theme that Shakespeare explores in Sonnet 18 is-

a. Immortality of youth and beauty

b. Carpe diem

c. Death as an agent of nature

d. Timelessness of poetry

4. Who is the sonnet addressed to-

a. Shakespeare’s wife

b. Queen Elizabeth

c. A young woman

d. A young man

5. The poet compares his beloved to-

a. A summer flower

b. Summer breeze

c. A summer’s day

d. Summer tune

6. Compared to a summer’s day, the poet’s friend is-

a. more lovely and temperate

b. more sweet and soothing

c. more attractive and beautiful

d. more sensuous and passionate

7. The poet states that ‘fair’-

a. Is subject to change

b. Is the opposite of unfair

c. Can only diminish marginally

d. Is never subject to change

8. Nature’s changing course is-

a. Dimmed

b. Temperate

c. Untrimmed

d. Lovely

9. ‘But thy eternal summer shall not fade’. The word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is-

a. Universal

b. Momentary

c. Temporal

d. Decayed

10. Whose eternal summer shall not fade?

a. Shakespeare’s

b. The fair youth

c. The black lady

d. Queen Elizabeth

11. The poet asserts that his friend will never lose possession of his-

a. Property

b. Health

c. Beauty

d. Wealth

12. ‘Nor shall death brag thou wand ‘rest in his shade,’- here ‘shade’ refers to-

a. Talk loudly

b. Talk cheerfully

c. Claim boastfully

d. Take away

13. The rough winds of summer-

a. Blow the flowers away

b. Shake the darling buds of May

c. Prevent the birds to fly

d. Blow a beautiful scene

14. Summer has-

a. Short duration

b. Long duration

c. Constant temperature

d. Constant brightness

15. ‘The eye of heaven’ in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 18 refers to-

a. The sun

b. The moon

c. The poet

d. The clouds

16. How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed-

a. By the clouds

b. By the shade of the tree

c. By a canopy

d. By the shade of a building

17. Death in the poem is personified as-

a. Kind and helpful

b. Sweet and smart

c. Calm and quiet

d. Proud and boastful

18. The poet’s friend is expected to grow-

a. With time

b. With the eternal lines of the poem

c. With the love of the poet

d. With nature’s changing course

19. How can eternal summer be maintained?

a. Through poem

b. Through beauty

c. Through preservation

d. Through conservation

20. What is the controlling simile in the poem? (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a) summers day

b) eternal summer

c) clouds

d) flowers.

21. “Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” The word ‘thou’ refers to – (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a) the poet’s ladylove

b) the poet’s friend

c) the poet’s mother

d) the poet himself.

22. The word temperate’ means

a) temporary

b) warm

c) friendly

d) moderate.

23. The fair youth’s beauty surpasses the beauty of

a) nature

b) Summer

c) Autumn

d) winter

24. The poet compares his beloved to a-

a) wintry day

b) summer’s day

c) sunny day.

d) spring day

25. The winds that blow in summer in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 are (WBCHSE-2016)

a) warm

b) balmy

c) rough

d) slow.

26. Buds of May are –

a) darling

b) tender

c) beautiful

d) green.

27. What kind of complexion does the sun have?

a) golden

b) yellow

c) blue

d) red.

28. Shakespeare’s young friend is more lovely and temperate than the

a) buds of May

b) eye of heaven

c) rough winds

d) Summer’s day.

29. The expression ‘summers lease’ is suggestive of – (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a) the brevity of the summer

b) the eternal presence of summer

c) the sporadic presence of summer

d) the silence of summer.

30. The poet states that summer – (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a) is not eternal

b) is hot and humid

c) is eternal

d) is constant.

“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”

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31. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.: – The reference here is to – (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a. the Mars

b. the Sun

c. the Moon

d. Jupiter.

32. Rough winds in Summer days destroy

a. flowers

b. buds

c. trees

d. fruits.

33. The “darling buds” are shaken by rough winds in – (WBCHSE-2017)

a. March

b. April

c. May

d. June.

34. Whose “gold Complexion” becomes dimmed sometime? –

a. the friend’s

b. the sun’s

c. nature’s

d. the poet’s.

35. How is the gold-complexion of the sun dimmed?

a. by a canopy

b. by the clouds

c. by the trees

d. by the shade.

36. The poet states that fair – (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a. is subject to change

b. is the opposite of unfair

c. can only diminish marginally

d. is never subject to change.

37. The eye of heaven in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 refers to – (WBCHSE-2015)

a. the sun

b. the moon

c. the poet

d. the clouds.

38. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.” – The opposite word of ‘eternal’ is (WBCHSE Sample Question)

a. decayed.

b. universal

c. momentary

d. temporal

39. Nature’s changing course is – (WBCHSE-2018)

a. dimmed

b. temperate

c. untrimmed

d. lovely.

Grammar Suggestions:

Voice Change:

1.    And often is his gold complexion dimmed.

2.    Every fair from fair sometimes declines by chance.

3.    Nor shall death brag thou wand ‘rest in his shade.

4.    Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

5.    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

6.    This gives life to thee.

Narration Change:

1.    Shakespeare says, "Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

2.    Shakespeare says, "Thy eternal summer shall not fade."

3.    The poet observes, "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."

4.    The poet says, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

5.    The poet says, "Summer's lease hath all too short a date."

Transformation of Sentences:

1.    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? [Change into a complex sentence]

2.    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? [Use the noun form of 'compare')

3.    So long lives this and this gives life to thee. [Turn into a complex sentence]

4.    Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines. [Change into a negative sentence]

5.    Summer's lease hath all too short a date. [Change into a complex sentence]

6.    Summer's lease hath all too short a date. [Change into a compound sentence]

7.    Thou art more lovely and more temperate than a summer's day. [Change into a negative sentence]

8.    Thou shall not lose possession of that fair thou ow'st. [Change into a complex sentence]

9.    Thy eternal summer shall not fade. [Change into a complex sentence]

10. Thy eternal summer shall not fade. [Change into an affirmative sentence]

11. When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st. [Use the noun form of eternal]

Joining/Synthesis of Sentences:

1.    A summer's day is lovely and temperate. Thou art more lovely and more temperate. [Join into a simple sentence]

2.    Every fair from fair sometime declines. It is by chance or nature's changing cause untrimmed. [Join into a complex sentence]

3.    Men can breathe. Eyes can see. This lives long. This gives life to thee. [Join into a complex sentences)

4.    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. [Join into a complex sentence]

Split the Following Sentences:

1.    And every fair from fair sometime declines, by chance nature's changing course untrimmed.

2.    But thy eternal summer shall not fade, nor lose possession of that fair thou ows't.

3.    So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this and this give life to thee.

4.    Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines and often is his gold complexion dimmed.

Error Correction:

1.    And every fair from fair sometime decline. [Options: declination/declines/declivity]

2.    And often is his gold complexion dim. [Options: dimmer/dimmed/dimly]

3.    And summers lease hath too short a date. [Options:summer/summer's/summertime)

4.    But thou eternal summer shall not fade. [Options: thee/thy/you]

5.    Rough winds does shake the darling buds of May. [Options: do/doing/done]

6.    Shall I compare thee with a summer's day? [Options: for/to/than]

7.    Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shine. [Options: shone/shines/shining]

8.    Thou art more lovelier and more temperate. [Options: lovely/loveliness/loveliest]

Fill in the blanks with Article and Preposition:

1.    But thy eternal summer shall not fade/nor lose possession______ that fair thou ows't.

2.    Nor shall death brag thou wander'st shade when______ eternal lines______time thou grow'st.

3.    So long lives this and this gives life______ thee.

4.    Sometimes too hot_____ eye______ shines.

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