WBCHSE Class 12th English "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day" or Sonnet No 18 || SAQ || SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS || Textual Question Answers || Short Questions & Answers || Broad type Questions || Exam Oriented Questions & Answers || 2023 English Suggestive Notes || Title of Sonnet No 18 : Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day" or Sonnet No 18 by William Shakespeare || Class 12th || SAQ || Important questions Some Important Information *Shakespeare, in sonnets 1-17, urges his friend to marry so that he may live through his children. *But in Sonnet No-18, Shakespeare expresses his wish to immortalize his friend through his verse. *Sonnet No-18 is a unique combination of both forms- Italian and English. The sonnet may contain a ‘volta’ or shift in thought. This takes place with the use of ‘but’ in the 9th line. *Petrarch praised the beauty of his beloved Laura in his sonnets.…