Use the poem “Sonnet Xliii" to answer the following question.
What tone does the meter help the poem achieve?
A.satirical criticism
B.melancholy grief
C.solemn confidence
D.religious devotion
E.timid fearfulness
Answer:
D.religious devotion
Explanation:
Satirical criticism - is a informed criticism used as a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
Melancholy grief shows one affected with great sadness or depression and a public/external expression of grief.
Solemn Confidence - Deeply serious and somber mixed with an expression or feeling of certainty.
Religious devotion - Religious veneration, zeal, or piety mixed with feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
Timid fearfulness - The quality of being fearful, lacking in courage or confidence
Sonnets 43 poem was from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Moulton. It was a Petrarchan Sonnet -sonnet comprising of an octet and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.
It was themed "How do I love thee".
The meter help the poem achieve D.religious devotion.
