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Question 10 • Literature and Composition I

Which is an example of a couplet from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”?

Answer

A

But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,

B

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

C

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,

D

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

Explanation

A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a couplet: two consecutive lines that rhyme. In Sonnet 18, the final lines end with “see” and “thee,” which rhyme, so “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee” is the couplet.

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