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1], “…………………………. lives this.’ …… – to whom does it give life and how does it give life ?
Or, How does the poet suggest that ‘thy eternal summer’ shall never end/fade ?
Or, How has the poet,Shakespeare attributed immortality to the person (his friend) ?
Or, What conclusion does the poet,Shakespeare draw at the end of the poem ?

Answer: With in beginning, the poet Shakespeare features confusion if he would compare his friend’s beauty to that of the gorgeous summer’s day. But he then realizes that his friend is’ more lovely and more temperate’ than the summer, He also remarks that summer is extremely short and variable – cloudy, too hot, windy than on.But the poet firmly believes that his friends summer’ (beauty and youth) are immortalized in his Verse as long as people on earth will live to go through this poem. (Thus •this’ gives aliveness of the poet’s friend,) [Central idea -Actually life temporal but art is immortal

i)  In what ways is the poet’s friend different from a summer’s day ?
Or, How does the poet, Shakespeare present the contrast between the summer and his friend in
sonnet-1 8 ?
Or, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day -[ the opening line]  ? 
Or, How does the poet, Shakespeare present the contrast between the summer and his friend in
sonnet-1 8 ?
Or, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day -[ the opening line]  ? 

 
Answer : In the very first, the poet Shakespeare makes a comparison between his
friend and delightful summer’s day. Sumner season is more beautiful, charming and cozy
than the seasons rest-But the poet thinks that the fair youth of his friend is ‘more lovely and
more temperate’ than the summer’s day. Even summer (season/time) is simply too short,(subject to
death and decay) and variable – cloudy, too hot, windy and so on. But the fair youth of his friend is
eternal ,not fade. Nature• s summer will decline/destroy accidentally or by the principles Of nature (with the passage of time),whereas fair youth of his friend won’t under death’s threat-
unchanged. Finally summer’s day features a limited span, but his friend’s beauty is eternalized in his
Sonnet.