sonnet 2
by william shakespeare

when forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
and dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,
will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies,
where all the treasure of thy lusty days,
to say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,
were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.
how much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,
if thou couldst answer 'this fair child of mine
shall sum my count and make my old excuse,'
proving his beauty by succession thine!
this were to be new made when thou art old,
and see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

which does the poet portray as important in the sonnet?
a. children
b. praise
c. beauty
d. treasure

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills,when all at once i saw a crowd,a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze.continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way.they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance,tossing their heads in sprightly dance.the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay.in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.