“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:”
Questions:
A.Who's the poet of the quoted stanza, and what's the title of the poem?
B.What figure of speech is employed in the poem?
C.What is the theme of the poem?
【正确答案】:A.Sonnet 18,Shakespeare;
B.Personification;
C.A nice summer s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.(P37)