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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Sonnets

Question 5 • MCS English IV Semester 1 BL

Which statement best describes the development of ideas in "Sonnet 91"?

Answer
A
The quatrains build ideas off of one another, and the couplet conveys a new idea.
B
The quatrains contradict one another, and the couplet resolves their disagreement.
C
The couplet agrees with the idea in the first quatrain but contradicts the others.
D
The couplet builds off of the idea of the third quatrain but contradicts the others.

Explanation

The first quatrain lists the different things people take pride in, such as birth, wealth, clothing, and horses. The second says those separate pleasures are less important than the speaker’s beloved, and the third quatrain develops that idea by comparing the beloved’s love favorably with those same things. The couplet then introduces a new concern: the beloved could take that love away, leaving the speaker wretched.

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