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Question 15 • Language Arts 10

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.” What is the central idea of the second quatrain?

Answer
A
His mistress’s cheeks are not pink, and her breath is not sweet.
B
The speaker’s mistress is like a rose—beautiful and fragrant.
C
The speaker gives his mistress roses and perfume.
D
Roses do not look and smell as sweet as the speaker’s mistress.

Explanation

In the second quatrain, the speaker says he has seen roses more colorful than his mistress’s cheeks and perfumes more pleasant than her breath. So the central idea is that her cheeks are not pink and her breath is not sweet.

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