Shakespeare's Sonnets
Which response most clearly describes the impact of the words unswept and besmeared?
Read the lines from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55.”
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme,
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.
Which response most clearly describes the impact of the words unswept and besmeared?
A. They have a connotation of cleaning and manual labor, which shows that maintaining a relationship requires hard work.
B. They have an abandoned, clandestine connotation, which shows that after these lovers are gone, their love will be a well-kept secret.
C. They have a connotation of a historical discovery, which implies that their love will be rediscovered in the future, like ancient ruins.
D. They have a grimy, dirty connotation, which implies that love shown through a monument will not live on, eternally pure.
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