Shakespeare's Sonnet 1 - Fill in the Blank

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key terms from Shakespeare's Sonnet 1.

From creatures we desire increase,

fairest

That beauty's rose might never die.

thereby

But, as the riper should by time ,

decease

His tender heir might bear his .

memory

But thou, contracted to thine own bright .

eyes

Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial ,

fuel

Making a famine where abundance .

lies

Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too .

cruel

Thou that art now the world's fresh

ornament

And only herald to the gaudy

spring

Within thine own bud buriest thy

content

And, tender churl, mak'st waste in .

niggarding

Pity the world, or else this be-

glutton

To eat the world's due, by the and thee.

grave