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Question 8 • English Language Arts 10

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.” What is the central idea of the second quatrain?

Answer
A
The speaker’s mistress is like a rose—beautiful and fragrant.
B
Roses do not look and smell as sweet as the speaker’s mistress.
C
The speaker gives his mistress roses and perfume.
D
His mistress’s cheeks are not pink, and her breath is not sweet.