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Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130."
What is the central idea of the first quatrain?
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
O My mistress iS unattractive.
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
O My mistress iS beautiful.
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
O My mistress has a natural beauty.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
O My mistress is not as beautiful as nature.
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
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Answer 1

The central idea of the first quatrain in "Sonnet 130" is my mistress is not as beautiful as nature. The correct option is D.

What is in "Sonnet 130" of Shakespeare?

Sonnet 130 of Shakespeare is a comparison between her mistress and the natural things. The sonnet is that natural things are more beautiful than her wife. He compared different things to her mistress.

Thus, the correct option is D.

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