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Sonnet 18 by Petrarch
Ashamed sometimes thy beauties should remain
As yet unsung, sweet lady, in my rhyme;
When first I saw thee I recall the time,
Pleasing as none shall ever please again.
But no fit polish can my verse attain,
Not mine is strength to try the task sublime:
My genius, measuring its power to climb,
From such attempt doth prudently refrain.
Full oft I oped my lips to chant thy name;
Then in mid utterance the lay was lost:
But say what muse can dare so bold a flight?
Full oft I strove in measure to indite;
But ah, the pen, the hand, the vein I boast,
At once were vanquish'd by the mighty theme!
15. The speaker in Sonnet 18 by Petrarch uses negative words and phrases throughout the sonnet to express the fact that _______.
Question 15 options:
A. He cannot find time to meet with his beloved.
B. He cannot understand what others see in his beloved.
C. He cannot accept that his beloved has died
D. He cannot capture his beloved's beauty in verse.
