Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as I can see, to the doings of kings and sultans
and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, I want to tell you of
a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, mere remarkable not so
much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)
Which option identifies the context clue that would be most helpful in determining the meaning of the underlined word?

A ...remarkable not so much for... as for their senseless brutality...

B...not to place too great a distance between us...

C...even though things turned out well for him in the end...

D...to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort;

answer: c

explanation:

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

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