Shakespeare's Sonnets
Which response most clearly explains the impact of the words poyson, warre, and sicknesse?
Read the lines from the sonnet “Death Be Not Proud.”
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And better than thy stroake; why swell’st thou then?
Which response most clearly explains the impact of the words poyson, warre, and sicknesse?
A. They have connotations of human evil, which allows the speaker to send a message that death exists on earth only because of the cruel actions of humanity.
B. They all describe violence and pain, and use a foreboding tone to send a message to the reader to live peacefully in order to die painlessly.
C. They have unappealing connotations, which helps the speaker use a mocking tone to insult death by saying he is usually found in unappealing places.
D. They each describe a frightening situation, which heightens the tone of horror and sends a warning to the reader to beware of death in dangerous places.
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