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Read "Sonnet 104" by William Shakespeare. Then, answer the question that follows.

To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were, when first your eye I ey'd,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah! yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure and no pace perceiv'd;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion and mine eye may be deceiv'd:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred;
Ere you were born, was beauty's summer dead.

Which sentence best paraphrases the lines in bold?

It's been three years since we met, and the seasons have changed but your appearance has not.
Of all the seasons, June is my least favorite because it is far too hot.
The trees are afraid of the seasons and shake with fear when they change.
You smell like winter and you like people to be proud of your accomplishments.

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It has been three years since I first saw you, and although the seasons have changed, your beauty remains the same.
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The sentence that best paraphrases the lines in bold is:

"Your beauty appears to remain the same as it was when I first saw you, despite the passing of time and changing seasons."

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