Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.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:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
……
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
（From Shakespeare's “Sonnet18”）
What is the theme of this poem?
【正确答案】：
A NICE SUMMER'S DAY IS USUALLY TRANSIENT, BUT THE BEAUTY IN POETRY CAN LAST FOREVER. THUS SHAKESPEARE HAS A FAITH IN THE PERMANENCE OF POETRY.
【题目解析】：该诗的主旨在于表达美好的夏日通常是短暂的，但诗的美却可以永恒。因此莎士比亚相信诗歌是永恒的。