Name ID Assessment / Marks / Course Date: Quiz 1, 10, ENG115
Name ID Assessment / Marks / Course Date: Quiz 1, 10, ENG115
Download this document and answer any ONE of the following questions on William Shakespeare’s
“Sonnet 18”. Your answer should be an essay of at least 250 and at most 500 words. The submission is
due midnight, Saturday, February 26, in Google Classroom.
No late submissions – be it by a minute or by a day - will be accepted. Plagiarism of any sort will not be
tolerated. Use of any external sources is strictly prohibited.
1. How does Shakespeare play around with our expectations and assumptions throughout the poem?
2. Name at least two literary devices that Shakespeare uses in the poem. What purpose do they
serve?
3. What does Shakespeare mean by “eternal lines” in the concluding couplet of the poem? How
does it affect your understanding of the poem?