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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
“Vain man,” said she, “that dost in vain assay.
A mortal thing so to immortalize,
For I myself shall like to this decay.
And eek my name be wiped out likewise.”
“Not so,” quod I, “let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your virtues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.”
11. After the speaker writes his loves' name upon the sand, why does the woman refer to him as a "vain man"?
Question 11 options:
A. She believes that his efforts are futile because she will eventually die and be forgotten.
C. She believes he wants her to be wiped out by the tide just like the sand
B. She believes he only writes her name in order to be in her good graces
D. She believes he doesn't really love her as much as he claims
12. What statement does the speaker make about poetry in Sonnet 75?
Question 12 options:
A. Poetry fades away like the writing in the sand
B. Poetry has the power to make immortal the relationship between the speaker and his beloved.
C. Poetry can be used only in vain attempts
D. Poetry will disappear when death encompasses the world.
13. In Spenser's Sonnet 75, the woman thinks the speaker is
Question 13 options:
A. foolishly hopeful
B. properly determined
C. attractive but unsuitable
D. likely to outlive her
14. In the opening quatrain, what action does the poet describe?
Question 14 options:
A. walking with his lover on the strand
B. trying to stop the advancing tide
C. writing immortal poetry
D. writing his lover's name in the sand
