Question

"I love to hear her speak, yet well I know/That music hath a far more pleasing sound.../And yet, by Heaven, I think my love as rare/as any she belied with false compare."Why does Shakespeare structure the sonnet's final two lines differently than the rest of the sonnet?A. to force the reader to interpret the conclusion's meaningB. to lend impact to the sonnet's conclusionC. to add a note of despair to the sonnet's conclusionD. to force the reader to ponder the futility or words

Answer 1

Answer:

B. to lend impact to the sonnet's conclusion.

Explanation:

The lines present in the question were taken from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. The two lines at the end, or the final couplet, are structured in a different way from the others because their purpose is to lend impact to the sonnet's conclusion. Throughout the poem, the speaker is "criticizing" the woman he loves. While Petrarchan sonnets were usually used to elevate women to an impossible status, comparing them to natural elements and concluding that they were always more beautiful, Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 does the opposite. The woman is a normal one, not more beautiful, sweeter, nor better smelling than anything else. Still, at the final couplet, after all that criticism, the speaker says he loves her. Not only does he love her, but he won't lie about her. He loves her for who she really is.