Question

How does the figurative language in these lines develop a theme of the poem? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge? Is this thy bodys end? Then soul, live thou upon thy servants loss And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross; Within be fed, without be rich no more. 1. It refers to the decomposition of a dead body. 2. It describes the suffering of the soul. 3. It emphasizes the advancement of the soul. 4. It reflects the miseries of the speaker.

Answer 1

Sonnet 146 by William Shakespeare Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, [......] these rebel powers that thee array, Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge? Is this thy bodys end? Then soul, live thou upon thy servants loss And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross; Within be fed, without be rich no more. So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men, And, Death once dead, theres no more dying then.