Which sentence best summarizes the idea the poet intends to emphasize by using paradox in this stanza? the light of smiles shall fill again the lids that overflow with tears; and weary hours of woe and pain are promises of happier years. (from "blessed are they that mourn" by william cullen bryant) people tend to remember good times and forget bad times. sorrow makes people wish for good times. bad times must necessarily give way to better times. happiness is the most important quality in life.

Read the following poem carefully, and then answer the questions that follow. sonnet 73 by william shakespeare that time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. in me thou seest the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west, which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self, that seals up all in rest. in me thou see'st the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the death-bed whereon it must expire consumed with that which it was nourish'd by. this thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well which thou must leave ere long. comprehension what seasonal images do you see in this poem? how do these images contribute to the poem's tone of loss and sadness?