Question:
William Shakespeare! I don't get any of this! please help me! give me the answers!?
dani m
2008-01-14 15:03:29 UTC
7. Choose the correct answer from among the four provided for the question.
Which of the following best states the theme of “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare?

Love is fickle and unpredictable.

Love is unchanging and constant.

Love is for the young and foolish.

Love is only for the old and wise.

8. Choose the correct answer from among the four provided for the question.
Read this excerpt from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55”:When wasteful war shall statues overturn,And broils root out the work of masonry,Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory:The words that Shakespeare uses in this section of the poem help to suggest

violence and destruction.

peace and tranquility.

excitement and enjoyment.

friendship and love.

9. Choose the correct answer from among the four provided for the question.
Read this excerpt from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 30”:And heavily from woe to woe tell o'erThe sad account of fore-bemoanèd moan,These lines are an example of Shakespeare’s

(Points: 3)
refusal to use a conventional rhyme scheme in his poetry.

celebration of time as a great healer and equalizing force.

use of repeated “oh” sounds to capture the speaker’s grief.

decision to break from the constraints of iambic pentameter.
Three answers:
Christine Y
2008-01-14 15:28:17 UTC
7. Love is unchanging and constant.

8. friendship and love

9. use of repeated "oh" sounds....

I'm not sure about this last one, but - his sonnets rhymed only the final couplet, hence the "rhyming couplet." These lines are not at the end of the poem, so I don't chose this.

These lines make reference to woe and sorrow, no mention of time heals all wounds or some such nonsense, so I dismissed this, too.

The lines are in iambic pentameter, so it can't be that, either.



Best luck.
anonymous
2016-12-02 03:58:17 UTC
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SKCave
2008-01-14 15:18:18 UTC
Hi Dani,Sorry, don't know 7

but 8- violence and destruction



9. use of repeated "oh" sounds.



hope this helps.


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