Read the stanza from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

The speaker compares the loved one to a summer’s day, then says the loved one is even more lovely and temperate. The comparison is meant to express admiration and love, not to complain about summer or argue about the weather. Choice C, “to express love by likening a loved one to a nice day,” best describes the stanza.

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