Pursuing the Dream as a Central Idea in Poetry

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus to select the correct paraphrase of each line from the third quatrain of “Sonnet 100.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Wake up and look at my lover’s sweet face; Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,: Wake up and look at my lover’s sweet face; If Time have any wrinkle graven there;: If Time has engraved any wrinkles there; If any, be a satire to decay,: If any (wrinkles), then write a poem about aging; And make Time's spoils despised every where.: And make everyone hate the power of Time

Question 3

If Time has buried any wrinkles in graves ✔ If Time has engraved any wrinkles there If Time has been wrinkled and buried in graves

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✔ If Time has engraved any wrinkles there

Question 4

X 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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

X And spoil Time for hating everyone And spoil my lover, but make Time hated ✔ And make everyone hate the power of Time

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ And make everyone hate the power of Time

Question 6

Use the drop-down menus to select the correct paraphrase of each line from the third quatrain of “Sonnet 100.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,: Wake up and look at my lover’s sweet face; If Time have any wrinkle graven there;: If Time has engraved any wrinkles there; If any, be a satire to decay,: If any (wrinkles), then write a poem about aging; And make Time's spoils despised every where.: And make everyone hate the power of Time

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