Question

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In this sonnet, the speaker describes a powerful love for someone with no personal merits. Which set of lines describes this puzzling ability in the
speaker's beloved to control his reasoning faculties?
Sonnet 150
by William Shakespeare
Of from what power hast thou this powerful might,
With insufficiency my heart to sway?
To make me give the lie to my true sight,
And swear that brightness doth not grace the day?
Whence hast thou this becoming of things ill,
That in the very refuse of thy deeds
There is such strength and warrantise of skill,
That, in my mind, thy worst all best exceeds?
Who taught thee how to make me love thee more,
The more I hear and see just cause of hate?
O! though I love what others do abhor,
With others thou shouldst not abhor my state:
If thy unworthiness raised love in me,
More worthy I to be beloved of thee

Answer 1

In Sonnet 150 by William Shakespeare, the set of lines that describes the puzzling ability of the speaker's beloved to control his reasoning faculties is "Who taught thee how to make me love thee more, The more I hear and see just cause of hate?"

In Sonnet 150 by William Shakespeare, the set of lines that describes the puzzling ability of the speaker's beloved to control his reasoning faculties is "Who taught thee how to make me love thee more, The more I hear and see just cause of hate?"

In these lines, the speaker questions the beloved's ability to elicit increased love despite presenting reasons for hatred. The speaker is perplexed by the beloved's power to manipulate emotions and override rational judgment.

The paradoxical nature of the beloved's influence is highlighted, as the speaker experiences a heightened love even when confronted with apparent justifications for hatred.

This underscores the enigmatic and captivating nature of the beloved's sway over the speaker's emotions.