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Poetry of Langston Hughes Answers

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Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,

Rise following your restful survey

Raise your restless face and amuse me

Wake up and look at my lover’s sweet face

If Time have any wrinkle graven there;

If Time has buried any wrinkles in graves

If Time has engraved any wrinkles there

If Time has been wrinkled and buried in graves

If any, be a satire to decay,

If any (wrinkles), then tell a joke about decay

If any (graves), then turn them into a satire

If any (wrinkles), then write a poem about aging

And make Time's spoils despised every where.

And spoil Time for hating everyone

And spoil my lover, but make Time hated

And make everyone hate the power of Time

Which summary best captures the central idea of "Sonnet 100”?

The speaker wants to spend more time with his beloved.

The speaker is mostly angry at his muse for disappearing.

The speaker hopes that his muse will help him write a new poem.

The speaker says that his only care in the world is youthful beauty.

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