Question

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Read the third quatrain of "Sonnet 130.”


I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound:

I grant I never saw a goddess go—

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground


—“Sonnet 130,”

William Shakespeare


How does the third quatrain further develop the central ideas presented in the first and second quatrains?


Be sure to explain why your answer is correct.


A) It continues the pattern of comparing the mistress to natural elements.

B) It changes the descriptions of the mistress from favorable to unfavorable.

C) It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound.

D) It increases the harshness of the descriptions to emphasize the speaker’s feelings.

Answer 1

It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound.

Answer 2

Answer:

C.

Explanation:

In first two quatrains, the speaker compares his lover with other natural beauties, but never to extol his lover's beauty.

In first quatrain, he compares his lover's eyes with sun, but the shine of the sun is more bright than his lover's eyes. The lover's lips are not as red as corals. Her breasts are not as white as snow rather they are brownish gray. He goes on saying that even her hairs are not golden but black like wire.

In second quatrain also the speaker compares the lover's cheek with roses and her cheeks do not have blush like red and white roses. She does not smell nice. And in third quatrain, the speaker then moves further and compares the lover's voice with music which is more melodious than her voice. And she is not goddess because she walks on the ground.