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 burn

The living record of your memory:



The words that Shakespeare uses in this section of the poem help to suggest

Question 8 options:

friendship and love.


violence and destruction.


excitement and enjoyment.


peace and tranquility.

Answer 1

Violence and destruction

Step-by-step explanation:

Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 is a piece of poetry assumed to have been written by William Shakespeare to immortalize a friend. We can see that violence and destruction is a motif in the excerpt provided, from words directly referring to such events as 'war'; phrases conveying destruction of buildings and artwork such as 'statues overturn' and 'root out the work of masonry', as well as a reference to the Roman God of War himself, Mars.