Question

Read the poem below and answer the question.

Answer 1

D) Youth
A)
B)
C)
C) Fire
C) Youth burns bright but like a fire ultimately dies out.
C) Persona

Answer 2

Answer:

1. D) Youth

2. A) love

3. B) old age and dying

4) C) before

5) C) fire

6) C)Youth burns bright but like a fire ultimately dies out.

7) C) persona

In this poem, Shakespeare discusses what it is like to grow old and be near death. He characterizes old age as "autumn" and "twilight." Both of these represent the conclusion of something, and a natural decay. Although the poem mostly discusses these two topics, towards the end he introduces the topic of love, and discusses how sad it is to lose someone you love due to old age. He also compares youth to a fire which burns bright inside a person, but which ultimately dies out.