What is the primary purpose of the couplet in this
sonnet?
Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,
Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?
Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem
In gentle numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
And gives thy pen both skill and argument.
Rise, restive Muse, my love's sweet face survey,
If Time have any wrinkle graven there;
If any, be a satire to decay,
And make Time's spoils despised every where.
Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life;
So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife.
- "Sonnet 100,
William Shakespeare
The purpose is to show the poet's belief in a grim
reaper who wields a scythe.
The purpose is to complete the 14 lines required to
make the poem a sonnet.
The purpose is to add a twist to the ideas about
time described in the three quatrains
The purpose is to inspire a poem that will help the
speaker's beloved become famous and live forever.
The answer
“Dear Basketball” illustrated the poem Bryant wrote as a farewell to the sport he loved which is basketball. it served as his announcement that the 2015-16 season would be his last. In the poem, realizing that his body can no longer bear the game's demands, he accepts the inevitably of retirement and has been retired ever since 2016.
<em>(Have a good day!)</em>
Answer:
good, old days
Explanation:
Since we need a comma between adjectives:
good, old days
In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," the silk stockings are a symbol of C.) MRS. SOMMER'S SELFISH NEEDS.
Instead of buying the things needed by her children from the little money she got, Mrs. Sommer's opted to buy the silk stockings she found while searching for items needed by her kids.
She was drawn to buy it because it gave her the illusion of being a rich lady with no worries in the world. The silk stockings gave her the chance to live her fantasy.
