Shall I Compare Thee-Most Important Questions & Answers(WBCHSE)

                   (Poem)

              Chapter:- 03

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A                                        SUMMER'S DAY

 

 * Name of the poet:- William Shakespeare

 * Dedication:- This poem is a dedication to Mr. William Herbert.

 * Nature of the poem:- Love poem.

 * Types of the poem:- Shakespearian sonnet.

 * The poem's nature - Three Quatrains(12 lines) + 01 couplet (02 lines).

 * Introduction of the poem:- "Shall compare thee to a summer's day?"  

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A. Very Short type of questions.

01. Q:- What is the structure of the sonnet 18 of William Shakespeare?

Ans:- William Shakespeare sonnet 18 is written into 3 Quatrains and 1 couplet.

02. Q:- Why does not the poet want to compare his friend to a summer's day?

Ans:- The poet does not want to compare his friend to a summer's day, because his friend is more lovely and more temperate than a summer's day.

03. Q:To whom is the sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day"?

Ans:- The sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day ?" is written by addressing Mr. William Herbert.

04. Q:- What happens in the month of May?

Ans:- In the month of May, sometimes strong winds shake the beautiful darling buds and destroy them.

05. Q:- What is meant by the phrase "Eye of Heaven"?

Ana:- The phrase the "Eye of heaven" means the 'Sun', which shines with scorching heat in the sky.

06. Q:- How is the 'gold complexion' of the sun dimmed?

Ans:- The 'gold complexion' of the sun is dimmed as time passes or some time due to clouds.

07. Q:- How does Shakespeare describe the omnipotence of time?

Ans:- Shakespeare announces the omnipotence of time by saying that every object losses its beauty with the passes of time.

08. Q:- What is meant by the 'eternal summer?

Ans:- The 'eternal summer' means the eternal youth and beauty of the poet's friend, whose worthiness(good qualities) will be immortalized in Shakespeare's sonnet.

09. Q:- What are the fair possession that the poet's friend owes?

Ans:- The fair possession owed by the poet's friend is beauty and youthfulness.

10. Q:- Why will death not brag on the death of the poet's friend?

Ans:- Here the death is mentioned as a destructive agent of time, but death will never be able to brag the beauty, youthfulness and charming existence of the poet's friend.

11. Q:- What is suggested by the phrase 'eternal lines'?

Ans:- The phrase 'eternal lines' suggests the immortal lines of the sonnet number 18 written by the poet William Shakespeare which will keep the beauty and the youthfulness of his friend.

12. Q:- How would the poet's friend grow in the sonnet number 18?

Ans:- William Shakespeare's friend would continue to grow and become more famous through the eternal lines of the sonnet as more people would read this sonnet and come to know about the good qualities of the poet's friend.

13. Q:- Why is the poet's friend's beauty called more temperate than summer?

Ans:- The beauty of the poet's friend is called more temperate than the summer because sometimes the summer becomes too hot and sometimes rough winds destroy the sweet buds of flowers by shaking. 

14. Q:- How does Shakespeare personify death?

Ans:- William Shakespeare personifies by saying that he is like an arrogant(a boastful) person talking pride in his gruesome power.

15. Q:- Whose shade is referred herein the phrase?

Ans:- In the phrase, shade is refer to the shadow of death.

16. Q:- What does the poet mean by the phrase 'life of thee' in the sonnet 18?

Ans:- In sonnet 18, the poet Shakespeare suggests that the beauty and the youthfulness of his friend will live forever through his sonnet.

17. Q:- Why does the poet begin sonnet 18 with a question?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare begins the sonnet 18, with a question to show that the beauty of his friend and his youthfulness and his good qualities are beyond comparison.  

B. Very short type of lining questions.

01. "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may."

Q.(a):- What does the poet want to mean through this line?

Ans:- The poet wants to mean that summer has few demerits. 

Q.(b):- Which figure of speech does this line contain?

Ans:- The above line has alliteration in such words, as 'do' and 'darling' as repetition of the sound.

02. "And summer's lease hath all too short a date." 

Q:- What does the poet mean to say in the above line?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare mean to say that the duration of the summer season is very short.

03. "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines."

Q.(a):- What does the poet want to mean there?

Ans:- The poet wants to mean that summer is sometimes extremely hot.

Q.(b):- Why is the sun called the 'eye of heaven'?

Ans:- The 'sun' is the only star, which has light and heat(energy) so, the sun is called the 'eye of heaven'.

04. "And often his gold complexion is dimmed."

Q:- How is the sun personified in this line?

Ans:- Here the sun is personified by describing it as a living entity, who has a gold complexion.

05. "And every fair from fair sometime declines."

Q:- What does the poet mean to say?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare mean to say that due to the passage of time every beautiful thing losses its beauty.

06. "But thy eternal summer Shall not fade."

Q:- What does the poet mean by 'eternal summer?

Ans:- By 'eternal summer' means eternal beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities of the poet's friend Mr. William Herbert.

07. "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

Q:- Who will give life and to whom and how?

And:- The eternal line of the sonnet 18 will give life to the poet's friend by keeping his beauty, youthfulness and his charming qualities immortal.

C. Essay type of questions.

01. Q:- What does the poet compare this young person to the summer's day? Identify at least three qualities that make the person superior to the simile?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare compares the beauty of a summer's day to that of his friend Mr. William Herbert. The poet indicates that his friend is better than summer. His friend is more lovely and more temperate than summer because the summer season has few storms that arise and destroy the sweet buds of the flower by shaking in the month of May. The duration of the summer season is very short. During summer sun shines with scorching heat and sometimes the sun's golden glow is dimmed due to cover with the dense of rainy clouds, but his friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities will remain a life forever through the eternal line of sonnet 18.

02. Q:- State the arguments in the octave and sestet. Give the substance of the poem "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?". 

Ans:- At the beginning of the poem "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ?", The poet William Shakespeare raises a question if he can compare the beauty of his friend to the beauty of a summer's day because his friend is more lovely and more temperate than summer. The summer season has few demerits. During summer, storms arise and destroy the sweet and beautiful buds of flowers in the month of May. The duration of the summer season is very short. The sun shines with scorching heat, but his golden complexion is dimmed due to dense rainy clouds. The beauty of summer is subjected to change every beautiful thing losses its beauty due to the changing cycle of nature and the passage of time, but his friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities will be remained immortal through the eternal line of the sonnet 18.

03. Q:- Give the significant of the title of the sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to summer's day ?".

Ans:- Very often the poet William Shakespeare choose the first line of his sonnet as the title of the poem. The title of the poem is meaningful as its interrogative sentence makes the comparison between the poet's friend, Mr. William Herbert and the beauty of the summer's day. The title is also significant as it relates them to the poem. The complete of the poem points to the fact that his friend is more lovely and more temperate than summer. The summer season has few demerits, but his friend has no demerits, as his friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities will be remained immortal through the eternal lines of the sonnet 18.

D. Essay type of lining questions.

01. "Long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

Q.(a):- What does 'this' refer to?

Ans:- 'This' refers to the sonnet 18, which the poet William Shakespeare dedicates to his young friend, Mr. William Herbert.

Q.(b):- Who is referred to as 'thee'?

Ans:- Here 'thee' refers to the poet's young friend, Mr. William Herbert.

Q.(c):- What does 'this' give to whom and how?

Ans:- This sonnet 18 gives life to the poet's young friend. The poet mentions that every beautiful thing is subjected to decay and change, but the poet loves his friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities and his poetic creation will be remained immortal. The poet confidently says that so long as men can see or breathe in this world, his sonnet will be read and thus the poet's friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities will be immortal through the eternal line sonnet 18.

02. "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see."

Q.(a):- How does the poet come to the above conclusion?

Ans:- The poet wants to establish the superiority of his friend's beauty. He compares his beauty to a summer's day. He absorbs that a summer's day can not last long and it is heavily affected by the change of weather. Now the poet is confident enough to declare that his poetry will overcome the manages of the time and he tries to keep the beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities of his friend immortal through the eternal lines of the sonnet 18.

03. "Nor shall death brag thou wand' rest in his shade."

Q:- Why is death considered to be powerless?

                            or,

       What curbs the power of death?

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        Why will death not brag on the death of the poet's friend?

Ans:- Death is common to all. It is the ultimatum of life. Death has immense power. But the poet William Shakespeare thinks otherwise about death. He firmly contends that death is powerless because his sonnet 18 will keep immortal the poet's friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities forever. Poetry is never perishable.

04. "But thy eternal summer shall not fade."

Q.(a):- Whose summer is referred to here?

Ans:- The summer is poet beloved friend is referred to here due to changing cycle of the season, the life period of summer is very short, but poet's friend's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities will remain alive forever because all these charming qualities will be remained immortal through the eternal lines of the sonnet 18.

Q.(b):- Why is the summer called 'eternal'?

Ans:- Here summer refers to the poet's friend Mr. William Herbert's beauty, youthfulness and charming qualities, which have been described through the eternal lines of the sonnet 18. The lines of the sonnet remain immortal forever, thus the summer of Mr. William Herbert will remain eternal forever.

05. "When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st."

 

Q.(a):- What are 'eternal lines'?

Ans:- Here 'eternal lines' refer to the lines of the sonnet 18.

Q.(b):- Who is the poet addressed to?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare beloved friend Mr. William Herbert is addressed here.

Q.(c):- How will thou grow in eternal lines?

Ans:- The poet William Shakespeare is very conscious of his strength of poetic facility. He is very sure that sonnet 18 will be enjoyable for future generations. He sings of the floury and grace of his beloved friend in his poetry due to the passage of time, the readers of the sonnet 18 will increase and they will keep the image of his handsome friend in their minds as an object of beauty. Thus the poet's friend will be immortalized.

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