Part A What can be inferred from Shakespeare's "Sonnet XII"?

Dying young is a waste of life.

Everything that lives ages.

Time passes quickly for youths.

Animals and plants live without fear.
Question 2
Part B

Which pair of lines from the sonnet best support the answer in the Part A?

"When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silvered o'er with white;"

"When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,"

"Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,"

"When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;"

How does a wilted rose represent/symbolizes dark romanticism

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

What is the significance of the above statement in relation to the play’s conclusion? oedipus treats his inferiors poorly but ultimately grants them the same respect he grants to nobility. while teiresias appears to be mocking oedipus, the real message is one of warning about the forces working against the king. oedipus earns great fame for answering the riddle of the sphinx but ultimately loses his crown to a common man. just as oedipus is unable to conceive that he has done wrong in the past, he is unable to imagine that his enviable position is impermanent.