How does the third quatrain further develop the central ideas presented in the first and second quatrains?It continues the pattern of comparing the mistress to natural elements.It changes the descriptions of the mistress from favorable to unfavorable.It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound.It increases the harshness of the descriptions to emphasize the speaker’s feelings.

The first two quatrains describe the mistress mainly through sight and smell, such as her eyes, lips, cheeks, and breath. In the third quatrain, the speaker adds sound by saying that music sounds more pleasing than her voice. This extends the poem’s descriptions to another sense, so the best answer is “It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound.”

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