Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickle's compass come.Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom:Which of the following BEST describes the tone or atmosphere of the poem?Group of answer choicesTimelessnessSerenityResistanceFleeting

Sonnet 116by William Shakespeare  Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickle's compass come.Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom:   What is the rhyme scheme exhibited by the stanza above?Group of answer choicesABABAAABABBAAAAA

Which of the following best describes the main theme of the poem?A. Love takes time to develop between two people.B. Love is complicated and can be difficult to sustain.C. Like summer, love and poetry are brief but powerful.D. Unlike summer, love and poetry are constant and everlasting.

The following text is adapted from William Shakespeare’s 1609 poem “Sonnet 116.”Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,That looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wandering bark,Whose worth‘s unknown, although his height be taken.Love‘s not Time‘s fool, though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickle‘s compass come;Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.What is the main idea of the text?The speaker is reflecting on a failed romance.eliminateThe speaker is explaining how a relationship has evolved over time.eliminateThe speaker is claiming that love will endure despite the passing of time.eliminateThe speaker is describing the way that storms have an impact on love.

Choose the poem that uses assonance.London, my beautiful,It is not the sunsetNor the pale green skyShimmering through the curtainFrom fairest creatures we desire increase,That thereby beauty's rose might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might bear his memory.

Which sentence best describes this excerpt from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130? My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; A. The poet uses unusual metaphors to imply the intensity of his love. B. The poet admits that his mistress falls short of poetic ideals of beauty. C. The poet expresses his contempt for poetic ideals of beauty. D. The poet conveys his disillusionment with his mistress.