MCQ Questions | উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ইংরেজি – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day ? (Poetry) William Shakespeare | HS English Question and Answer :
- The poem sonnet 18 of Shakespeare consists of
(A) 2 couplets 2 quatrains
(B) 4 quatrains
(C) 3 couplet 3 quatrains
(D) 1 couplet 3 quatrains
Ans: (D) 1 couplet 3 quatrains
- “And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’ – the word ‘summer’s lease refers to.
(A) Tired during summer
(B) span of summer
(C) Rough weather of summer
(D) Glory of summer
Ans: (B) span of summer
- “But the eternal summer shall not fade” . The term ‘eternal summer’ refers to –
(A) A day in summer
(B) Eternal qualities of the poet’s friend
(C) The summer season
(D) The eternal love of the poet
Ans: (B) Eternal qualities of the poet’s friend
- ‘The eye of heaven’ refers to –
(A) Sun
(B) Moon
(C) God
(D) Star
Ans: (A) Sun
- ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ is a –
(A) Lyric
(B) Balland
(C) Sonnet
(D) Dramatic monologue
Ans: (C) Sonnet
- What is the form of sonnet 18?
(A) abab abcd efg efg
(B) abba abba cdcd cd
(C) abab cdcd efef gg
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) abab cdcd efef gg
- The poet’s friend is more lovely and more –
(A) Temperate
(B) Bright
(C) Attractive
(D) Beautiful
Ans: (A) Temperate
- The darling buds of may are shaken by –
(A) Hot Sun
(B) Rough winds
(C) Violent Strom
(D) Frost
Ans: (B) Rough winds
- “And often is his gold complexion dimmed”. The word ‘his’ refer to –
(A) summer season
(B) A summer day
(C) The poet’s friend
(D) Sun
Ans: (D) Sun
- “So long lives this ……” the word this refers to –
(A) The virtue of the poet’s friend
(B) The summer season
(C) The poet’s verse
(D) The summer’s day
Ans: (C) The poet’s verse
Short Answer Type Questions | উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ইংরেজি – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day ? (Poetry) William Shakespeare | HS English Question and Answer :
- “And often is his gold complexion is referred to here ?
Ans : A: The sun’s golden complexion is referred to here .
- Who is more temperate than whom ?
Ans: Shakespeare’s friend is more temperate than a summer day .
- So long lives this …. ” What is referred to by the word ‘ this ‘ ?
Ans: ‘ This ‘ referred to here is the poem of the poet .
- Mention any one demerit of summer . Ans: One demerit of summer is that it is short – spanned .
- What does ‘ eye of heaven ‘ refer to ?
Ans: Eye of heaven ‘ refers to the sun .
- How long will the young man be remembered in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 ?
Ans: The young man will be remembered as long as man can breath or eyes can see .
- How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed ?
Ans: The gold complexion of the summer is dimmed by the cloud .
- What is meant by the term ‘ eternal summer ‘ ?
Ans: By the term ‘ eternal summer ‘ , the poet refers to his friend’s everlasting beauty and virtues .
- Explain the line – ” …. Summer’s lease hath all too short a date . ”
Ans: season is short . The line signifies that the time alloted to the summer season is short .
- What type of poem is ‘ Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s day ‘ ?
Ans: Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day ? ” is a sonnet having tree quartrains and a concluding couplet .
- What shall death not brag in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 ?
Ans: Death shall not brag that it will fade poet’s friend’s beauty .
Broad Type Questions | উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ইংরেজি – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day ? (Poetry) William Shakespeare | HS English Question and Answer :
- ” So long lives this , and this gives life to thee . ” — What does ‘ this ‘ refers to ? Who is referred to as ‘ thee ‘ ? What does ‘ this ‘ give to whom and how ? [ ” —– ” ‘ this ‘ হয়েছে ? ‘ thee ’ বলতে কী বোঝো ? ‘ this ’ কাকে ও কীভাবে দান করে ? ]
Ans: The word ‘ this ‘ refers to the sonnet 18 , written by Wil liam Shakespeare and addressed to his young friend .
The Shakespeare’s young friend is referred to as ‘ thee ‘ .
The poet is of the opinion that all beautiful objects of nature are subject to decay and change . But his beloved friend’s beauty and his poetic creation are eternal . He says that so long as man can see or breathe in this world his verse will be read . This will perpetuate his friend’s eternal beauty . His friend’s summer will never fade because his verse will make it immortal .
- How does Shakespeare immortalize his friend’s beauty ? কবি শেকসপিয়র কীভাবে তার বন্ধুর সৌন্দর্যকে অমর করেছেন ?
Ans: Shakespeare is much appreciative of the beauty of his young friend . He thinks that his friend is lovelier and more gentle than the summer . The beauty of a summer’s day is often inconsistent . The sun is too hot sometimes and sometimes the sun is dimmed by clouds . At times rough winds spoil the beauty of the season . The lovely elements of summer also do not last long . But he assures his friend that he will immortalise his friend’s beauty . His beauty will never fade and even boastful death will not be able to destroy his beauty . This immortality will be possible because the poet had recorded his friend’s beauty in the eternal lines of his poem .
- How does Shakespeare compare his friends beauty with that of a summer’s day ? [ Shakespeare এক গ্রীষ্মদিনের সৌন্দর্যের সঙ্গে তুলনা করেছেন ? |
Ans: The poet wants to compare the beauty of his friend to the beauty of a summer’s day . But he asserts that his friend’s beauty is more temperate than the beauty of a Summer’s day . In summer days , rough winds destroy buds of flowers . Summer days are short – spanned , too . Sometimes the sun shines so hot ; and sometimes it’s brightness is dimmed . But the beauty of the poet’s friend is always constant . His beauty and youth has no decay . The poet will compose lines in praise of his friend . And these eternal lines will make his friend immortal.
- ” But thy eternal summer shall not fad ” Who is the poet ? What is meant by ” Eternal summer ” ? How does the poet suggest that ” Thy eternal summer ” shall never end ? [ ‘ But thy eternal summer shall not fade ‘ .- af ? ‘ eternal summer ‘ বলতে কী বোঝানো হয়েছে ? কবি ‘ thy eternal summer ‘ অমর থাকবে কীভাবে বোঝাতে চেয়েছেন । ]
Ans: William Shakespeare is the poet of the said line .
By ” Eternal summer ” , the poet signifies the glorious beauty of his friend .
While depicting the unsurpassable
beauty of his friends , the thought of futility of his verse saddened
the poet . He knows that nothing can surpass death . The clutches of
death remains omnipontent everywhere Gradually , the poet derives the
deathless and permanent existence of poetry in the mind of the readers .
So he startes singing the sonnet in utmost praise of his beloved friend
who will be inmortal forever in his verse and nothing can disturb his
serenity there .