Use "shall i compare thee to a summer's day" to answer the following questions. in the opening lines, what is the speaker asking? how is the question answered? list the comparison the speaker makes between his mistress and the other objects he mentions. what is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet? according to the speaker, which has a more lasting quality? why will it last? what is the "this" in the last line of the poem? what is the poet suggesting about the place of literature in the real world? what is the speaker saying about the qualities of true love? list each of the comparisons presented by the speaker; how does his beloved compare with the summer's day? use "my mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun" to answer the following questions. what is your initial reaction to this poem upon reading it? is this a typical love sonnet? why or why not? why would the speaker use such unusual comparisons to speak of his beloved? what lines in the poem give the reader a clue as to how the speaker regards his beloved?