Answer:
1.The narrator will recant his or her assumption about love if proven wrong.
2."But we by a love, so much refined,/That ourselves know not what it is..."
3.He and his wife are so in love that it does not matter whether they are together.
4."Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me
5.The tolling bell is a metaphor for Heaven
6."Farewell joy..."
Explanation:
1."If this be error and upon me proved,/I never writ, nor no man ever loved."
Which conclusion can be drawn from these final lines of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116?
The narrator will recant his or her assumption about love if proven wrong.
2. In which excerpt from John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" does the speaker most directly describe the relationship between him and his wife?
"But we by a love, so much refined,/That ourselves know not what it is..."
3. Which of these best restates the paradox that Donne sets forth in these lines?
He and his wife are so in love that it does not matter whether they are together. This talks about the unity of mind, physical absence notwithstanding
4. Which line best states the theme of John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10?
"Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me
5. "...so this bell calls all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness."Which of these is the best interpretation of this phrase from John Donne's Meditation 17?
The tolling bell is a metaphor for Heaven
The tolling bell is a metaphor for Heaven
6. Which of these is the most accurate paraphrase of these words from Ben Jonson's "On My First Son"?
"Farewell joy..."
