Question 8 • SY 25-26_NJ-English Language Arts 10_Manfra MP2
Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 19.”Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,5And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,To the wide world and all her fading sweets;But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;10Him in thy course untainted do allowFor beauty's pattern to succeeding men.Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Answer
A
Keep time from passing.
B
Time cannot alter my love.
C
My love has beautiful brows.
D
Do not make my love look older.
Explanation
The speaker lets Time change the world, but asks it not to carve lines on his beloved’s brow or mark his face with age. Those images mean he does not want his love to look older. So the best answer is “Do not make my love look older.”
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