"Sonnet 18"
Ashamed sometimes thy beauties should remain
As yet unsung, sweet lady, in my rhyme;
When first I saw thee I recall the time.
Pleasing as none shall ever please again.
But no fit polish can my verse attain,
Not mine is strength to try the task sublime:
My genius, measuring its power to climb,
From such attempt doth prudently refrain.
Full oft I oped my lips to chant thy name;
Then in mid-utterance the lay was lost:
But say what muse can dare so bold a flight?
Full oft I strove in measure to indite;
But ah, the pen, the hand, the vein I boast,
At once were vanquish'd by the mighty theme!
"Sonnet 28"
Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade
Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;
And still a watchful glance around me throw,
Anxious to shun the print of human tread:
No other means I find, no surer aid
From the world's prying eye to hide my woe:
So well my wild disorder'd gestures show,
And lovelorn looks, the fire within me bred,
That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,
And river knows, what I from man conceal,
What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.
Yet whate'er wild or savage paths I've ta'en,
Where'er I wander, love attends me still,
Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.
How is Sonnet 28 like Sonnet 18?
Question 4 options:
Both works are sonnets, so they have 14 lines, broken into two sestets
Both works are sonnets, so they have 13 lines, broken into two octaves
Both works are sonnets, so they have 14 lines, broken into couplets, and they do not follow fixed rhyme schemes
Both works are sonnets, so they have 14 lines, broken into an octave and a sestet, and they follow fixed rhyme schemes and are written in iambic pentameter.
