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Comprehension Check

Complete the following items after you finish your first read. Review and clarify

details with your group.

SONNET 12

1. What connection does the speaker make between the change of seasons and the loved
   one’s beauty?


2. According to the speaker, what is the only defense against time?

SONNET 60

1. To what does the speaker compare the passing of time?


2. What hope does the speaker express regarding his verse?

SONNET 73

1. At what stage of life is the speaker of this poem?


2. What advice does the speaker give in the last two lines?

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FACILITATING

Comprehension Check

Possible responses:

Sonnet 12

1. The season of winter makes the speaker question
   the permanence of beauty.


2. According to the speaker, the only defense against
   time is having children.
   Sonnet 60


3. The speaker compares the passing of time to
   waves breaking on the shore.


4. The speaker hopes his verse will last beyond the
   lifespan of the person to whom he is speaking.
   Sonnet 73


5. The speaker is in his old age.


6. Whatever you love, love it well, because when
   you die, the opportunity to love dies with you.

PERSONALIZE FOR LANguAgE

English Language Support

Main Ideas Review with English learners the importance of grasping

main ideas, especially in poetry, where writing is condensed. Explain

that the Comprehension Check helps students focus on what is

happening in a poem. The questions resemble the who, what, where,

when, and why of a piece of journalism. Have groups meet and

evaluate what the Comprehension Check of each sonnet is asking for.

all levels

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