1. why might sonnet 18 by francesco petrarcha be interpreted as a poem about defeat as much as a poem about love? use specific examples from the text in your response.

In the beginning of the poem, the writer expresses his love for a woman with a great beauty ("Lady, though your rare beauties prompt my rhyme") but then, he starts to express anguish ("But, with such burthen on my shoulders set"), this sonnet is interpreted as a poem about defeat because the writer expresses his discouragement about not being able to describe in words the lady's beauty ("My mind, its frailty feeling, cannot climb,  and shrinks alike from polish'd and sublime"), finally in the last lines he says that the pen, hand and intellect, are defeated on the first attempt at something, referring to him being defeated while trying to write about the woman's beauty ("And oft have I the tender verse essay'd,  But still in vain; pen, hand, and intellect in the first effort conquer'd are and check'd.").

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

what are the options?