Sonnet Shall I Compare Thee Questions and Answer

"Sonnet Shall I Compare Thee Questions and Answer" Here one will have the Broad Question and Answer of the Sonnet No. 18 by William Shakespeare. Sonnet Shall I Compare Thee Question and Answer Set by William Shakespeare. Broad Question and Answer. Sonnet No. 18  Broad Question Answer

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**Sonnet Shall I Compare Thee Questions and Answer**

Q.1. "...and this gives life to thee'' - What does 'this refer to? Whom does the word  'thee' refer to? How does this give life?

 Ans:- Here this refers to the sonnet composed by W. Shakespeare.

In the sonnet no. 18 'thee' refers to the poet's fair friend Mr. W.H., who is supposed to be the Earl of Southampton.

The poet asserts all the things and the beings of this world of nature are subject to decay and destruction. Shakespeare feels that his friend will stay beautiful forever in the immortal lines of his poetry despite the cruel blows of time. He thinks as long as people exist in this world and can see with their eyes open, they will read this sonnet. The more people will read, the more the beauty of his friend will be praised. And this reading gives life to his friend for all time in this mortal world.

**Sonnet Shall I Compare Thee Questions and Answer**

Q.2. What does the poet compare this young person to? Identity at least three qualities that make the person superior to the simile?

Ans:-  In sonnet.18, Shakespeare compares the beauty of his young friend to the beauty of a summer day.

Summer is generally appreciated for its warmth and beauty. Poets friend is more lovely and more temperate than a summer day. Summer is inconsiderate in disposition as it shakes the darling buds of may and destroy the  beauty of nature. In the second quatrain, the gold complexion of the sun in summer is bedimmed by the clouds. Every object of nature is subject to decay. But the poet thinks that his fair friend enjoys eternal summer. Even the death is unable to defeat poet's friend. He will live forever through the eternal lines of his poetry.

Q.3. “Every fair from fair sometime declines” — What does the poet mean to say by using ‘fair’ twice? What message does the poet want to convey here?

   Ans: By using ‘fair’ twice the poet means to all beautiful objects of nature and beauty as a whole. The first ‘fair’ refers to all beautiful objects of nature and the second ‘fair’ stands for beauty as a whole.

          Through the quoted line the poet conveys the message that every mortal objects of nature would lose its beauty either by chance of by nature’s changing course. It is predestined. Every objects or person undergoes a decline in beauty with the passage of time. Rough winds in summer destroy the buds which adorn every tree in May. Again the clouds dim the gold complexion of the sun. So nothing is permanent in nature.

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