Read these lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130.
“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 rate/as any she belied with false conpare.” 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 meaning
B. to lend impact to the sonnet’s conclusion
C. to add a note of despair to the sonnet’s conclusion
D. to force the reader to ponder the futility of words
Read these lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130. “I love to hear her speak, yet…
Read these lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.
