“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and

“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.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.
B.Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.
C.What is the theme of the poem?
【正确答案】：A.Shakespeare; Sonnet18,
B.Personification
C.A nice summer's day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.