Question

Read the sonnet.

Sonnet XII

by William Shakespeare

When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silvered o'er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer's green all girded up in sheaves
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

Question 1
Part A

What can be inferred from Shakespeare's "Sonnet XII"?


Time passes quickly for youths.

Dying young is a waste of life.

Everything that lives ages.

Animals and plants live without fear.
Question 2
Part B

Which pair of lines from the sonnet best support the answer in the Part A?


"Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,"

"When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,"

"When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;"

"When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silvered o'er with white;"

Answer 1

Part A Everything that lives ages

Part B "When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls all silvered o'er with white;"

Step-by-step explanation:

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