Directions: Read the following poem and select the correct answer. Remember to add your answer choice and explanation of why you chose that answer in the box below.
from Sonnet 130
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see i in [my mistress's] cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from her reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well i know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads upon the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare
1. Which quotation best states the speaker's insistence about the truth of poetry?
A. I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
B. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
C. My mistress, when she walks, treads upon the ground.
2. Lines 9-10 build upon the theme of--
F. the superiority of real love over idealized love
G. roses, perfume, and music as proper comparisons for a love
H. the poets love for a very special person