Question

Read the poem. Then, answer the question(s).

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.



How does picturing the image in lines 5 and 6 help the reader?

The reader decides whether he or she agrees with the writer.
The reader can understand the metaphor in the previous lines.
The reader pictures his or her own life.
The reader works through the argument logically.

Answer 1

Line 5 - O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
Line 6 - That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

The reader works through the argument logically.

In lines 1-4, the poet states what love is not. In lines 5 and 6, the poet states what love is. It is very logical that if you state what something is not, you also state what it is. This is to ensure that your message is delivered as you intended it to.