Read the lines of verse. from sonnet 130, by william shakespeare my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red than her lips’ red; if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. what is the main idea of the first quatrain of sonnet 130? the speaker thinks his love is far superior to the beauty of nature. the speaker considers his love less attractive than objects in nature. the speaker is comparing his love to others. the speaker describes his love as an earthy being.

I believe the correct answer is: The speaker describes his love as an earthy being.

In “Sonnet 130”, William Shakespeare describes his love as an earthly being, as opposed to the manners of Renaissance in which the loved ones were described as metaphysical, beyond natural beauty. Paradoxically, by showing his lover as pale in comparison to the sun, corals and snow, Shakespeare intensifies the power of his love towards her. Even if she isn’t celestial maiden, he still loves her.

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.