Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 100

What is the central idea of the sonnet?
Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long
OThe speaker considers his love to be his muse
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
The speaker wants his muse to help him
immortalize his love.
The speaker fears that his love is growing old faster
than he would like
The speaker thinks that his muse is forgetful and
lazy and wastes a lot of time
Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,
Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?
Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem
In gentle numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
And gives thy pen both skill and argument
Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey
If Time have any wrinkle graven there
1f any be a satire to decay,
And make Time's spoils despised every where
Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life.
So thou prevent'st his scy the and crooked knife

Answer 1

The speaker wants his muse to help him immortalize his love.

Step-by-step explanation:

William Shakespeare wrote many of his poems in the form of a sonnet. The type of sonnet he used is now usually referred to as the Shakespearean sonnet. It consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg, and the meter the lines are written in is iambic pentameter.

In Sonnet 100, the speaker speaks to his muse, asking her to help him immortalize his love. He asks her to rise and return to him and help him. He wants to immortalize his love through poetry - something that will remain even after he passes. We can see this in the following line: Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life.