Question

PART A; Which of the following best describes a theme of the sonnet?

Nature is indifferent to mankind and is often cruel and punishing.

Love is like the natural world in that it often changes and grows with time.

Love is grander and more enduring than what it is often compared to.

Love is the surest way to find happiness in life and the afterlife

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” (Lines 1-2)

“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date.”

“And every fair from fair sometime declines, / By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;”

“Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, / When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.''

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: According to the following statements, the best one that can describes a theme of the sonnet is the second option: “Love is like the natural world in that it often changes and grows with time”. The speaker expresses their belief that while natural beauty—such as that of a person—fades, poetry is eternal.

Part B: The quote that best supports the answer to Part A and highlights the Shakespeare’s master work is the fourth option: “Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, / When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st”. It is an excerpt from his sonnet 18.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The theme of the sonnet is that love is greater than anything that is compared. This can be seen in the third answer option of the first question. This can be supported by the sentence presented in option A of the second question.

We can arrive at this answer as follows:

• The questions refer to Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.
• In this sonnet, the speaker celebrates the beauty of the woman he loves.
• When talking about her beauty, he tries to compare her to elements of nature.
• But he can't find anything that could be bigger and more beautiful than her beauty, because love doesn't let that happen.

In this case, we can see that the speaker's love is greater and more lasting than anything he finds in nature, which makes him unable to establish comparisons between the beauty of his beloved and the world.

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