PART 3

1. Why does the poet compare “thee” to a summer’s day? And who could “thee” be?

The poet compares “thee” to a summer’s day because summer’s day and thee both represent beauty. “Thee” could be beauty and love.

2. What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why?

I have got a picture which is warm, beautiful and full of sunshine, because summer is the best season of a year and the most beautiful season. It is like our May.

3. How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line?

“Thee” is more beautiful than summer.

4. What makes the poet think that “thou” can be more fair than summer and immortal?

Humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal.

5. What figures of speech are used in this poem?

Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, repetition