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QuizMultiple Choice

Analyzing Different Interpretations of a Sonnet

Question 3 • MO-English Language Arts 10 A-CR

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,5But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound:10I grant I never saw a goddess go,—

Answer
S
She has trouble walking on the ground.
W
When she walks, she leaves footprints.
L
Like everyone, she walks on the ground.
S
She cannot be compared to other standards.

Explanation

The line “I grant I never saw a goddess go” leads into “My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.” The speaker contrasts his beloved with idealized goddesses: she walks on the ground like an ordinary person. So the best choice is “Like everyone, she walks on the ground.”

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