Question

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd –"Sonnet 18," William Shakespeare Read the second quatrain of the sonnet, and then answer the questions below. What is the best paraphrase of the first two lines? What is the best paraphrase of the last two lines?

Answer 1

What is the best paraphrase of the first two lines?

The Sun is Sometimes too hot or dim

What is the best paraphrase of the last two lines?

Beauty eventually fades

Answer 2

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, At times the sun is too hot,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; Or often goes behind the clouds;

And every fair from fair sometime declines  And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty,

By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; By misfortune or by nature's planned out course.