Read the lines from shakespeare’s “sonnet 55.”

when wasteful war shall statues overturn,
and broils root out the work of masonry,
nor mars his sword, nor war’s quick fire shall burn
the living record of your memory.

which response most accurately explains the meaning of the lines?

a)although the physical poem may be burnt in a war, the speaker will remember his love forever.

b) war, represented metaphorically by the god mars, cannot harm a poetic tribute of love.

c) many people will try to fight against the speaker’s love for the subject of this poem, but their true love will prevail.

d)the speaker is in love, but he must figuratively pick up mars’s sword and leave his lover to fight in a war.

The answer is C. For sure. Jut answered this

the correct answer is a. how to make proposal that works.

indeed, the register is quite formal and the tone is especially objective as it avoids the use of the first and second person singular (i, you) and opts instead for the third person plural which is more impersonal and focuses on the data and the argument that is being developed by the author. the formality adds the impression of respectability to the work and the impersonality adds objectivity to it.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."