Question

What is one possible theme of the poem?

A. Loved ones should spend as much time together as possible because life fades away quickly.
B. A dying person is associated with the elements of nature and the hope that they will still be loved.
C. The power of love can cause even the old and dying to become young and vital again.
D. Aging is compared to autumn, the sunset, and a dying fire.

Answer 1

Read "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the deathbed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

c

Answer 4

it was a but thanks

Answer 5

sorry

Answer 6

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