William Shakespeare Sonnets Quiz

Which sonnet contains the line “So are you to my thoughts as food to life”?

Which sonnet focuses on lust and desire leading to shame?

Which sonnet explores the idea of the poet’s verse outliving death?

Which sonnet explores the theme of poetry’s immortality?

Which sonnet speaks of love surviving “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments”?

Which sonnet opens with “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”?

Which sonnet ends with “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee”?

What year were Shakespeare’s sonnets first published?

Which sonnet contains the line “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”?

What is the rhyme scheme of a typical Shakespearean sonnet?

Who is often referred to as the “Fair Youth” in the sonnets?

Which sonnet compares love to the permanence of poetry?

Which sonnet expresses regret and comfort through friendship?

What is the main theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnets?

What are the three main subjects of the sonnets?

Which sonnet is known for its theme of constancy in love?

Which sonnet speaks of the endless march of time?

Which sonnet uses imagery of aging and twilight?

Which sonnet begins “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”?

Which sonnet is written as a mocking of idealized beauty?

Which sonnet includes the line “Love’s not Time’s fool”?

Which sonnet begins “When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defaced”?

What type of poem is a Shakespearean sonnet?

Which sonnet begins with “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

Which sonnet begins “That time of year thou mayst in me behold”?

How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?

Who is the “Dark Lady” in the sonnets?

Which sonnet begins “Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore”?

What is the meter used in Shakespeare’s sonnets?

Which sonnet begins “Tired with all these, for restful death I cry”?