FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
She falls for him.
|
|
|
Nothing happens.
|
|
|
She becomes colder towards him.
|
|
|
She loves someone else.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -What happens as the speaker continues and try to win the lady’s love? She falls for him.
Detailed explanation-2: -The speaker repeatedly describes himself as fiery and his lover as icy. He’s “hot” with a passion for her that she coldly resists, meeting the “exceeding heat” of his love with indifference or rejection.
Detailed explanation-3: -His beloved will “live by fame, ” the speaker says, meaning that through the power of poetry her name will be remembered by generations to come. In this way, their love will live forever, “renewing” each time someone reads this very poem.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Power of Love The speaker of “Sonnet 30” spends most of the poem in despair: obsessively meditating on past disappointments, regrets, and sorrows. The speaker can’t find any relief: even the passage of time doesn’t heal these wounds.