1. SONNET 18 William Shakespeare

2. SONNET CHARACTERISTICS * 14 lines * 3 quatrains (4 lines) and the last two lines are a rhyming couplet * Specific rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

3. SONNET 18 Identify: * RHYME SCHEME  * 1 example of consonance *2 examples of personification  *1 example of assonance *2 examples of imagery  *1 example of alliteration * 1 metaphor

4. VERSE  Sonnet 18 is written in which verse? Traditional Blank Free

5. TYPE OF POETRY Which type of poetry? Narrative Lyric Dramatic

6. ANALYSIS QUESTIONS  What are some of the problems with a summer's day that the poet discusses in the first eight lines?  What does the poet mean when he says, "But thy eternal summer shall not fade"?

7. ANALYSIS QUESTIONS * In the couplet - "So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." What does the "this" refer to? * How does "this" continue to give this young person life--even 400 years after Shakespeare wrote the poem?