Question

Read the sonnet. From Sonnet 106, by William Shakespeare When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express’d Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring; And, for they look’d but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing: For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. Which of the following best describes how the text structure of Sonnet 106 relates to its meaning? The final couplet is a reversal of the ideas in the three quatrains. Each quatrain has a separate set of ideas. Movement from the first to the third quatrain shows a progression in ideas. The final couplet supports the speaker’s ideas in the three quatrains.

Answer 1

In Shakespeare's Sonnet 106, the speaker analyzes how writers and poets from before would talk about such that was not comparable to his friend's beauty. He criticizes them for not being able to describe beauty properly but admits that he neither possesses the technique to describe his friend's beauty either.

While the poem does show movement from the first to the third quatrains, the reversal of his statements in the last couplet is what ties the structure to the meaning of the poem.

Answer 2

The answer is: The final couplet supports the speakers ideas in the three quatrains.
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