Question

The mood of lines 1-12 can best be described as (A) consistent, but intensified as the poem develops (B) moving from the impersonal to the intensely personal (C) shifting with each quatrain without any intensification (D) consistent for the first two quatrains, but shifting in the third (E) shifting after the first quatrain, but consistent for the next two

Answer 1

This question is about William Shakespeare's Sonnet 60

Answer:

(A) consistent, but intensified as the poem develops

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem has a consistent theme that intensifies as it progresses. This theme is how a person's time is finite, passes quickly and makes all young and strong human beings fall victim to time, because just as time gives them youth, time takes away youth and everything good that it provides. This is done quickly and progressively, making it impossible to stop.