Read this excerpt from William Shakespeare’s sonnet 93 and fill in the blanks in the paragraph.
The tone of the poem is____ (romantic, bitter, or sarcastic). The poetic speaker is____ (praising or denouncing) the lady address. He uses the _____ (parallelism, simile, or metaphor) of Eve’s apple, which symbolizes the _____ (deception or sorrow) concealed in attractive things. The poet contrast the ladies beauty and her _____ (virtue or symbolism) to show that her beauty does not reveal her inner _____ (virtue or corruption)