In the Poems how does Shakespeare allude to, or refer to, Ovid’s poem? A) by copying the rhymes scheme and meter of the original poem

B) by comparing the passage of time to waves breaking on the shore

C) by personifying time as cruel and destructive

D) by referring to the story of the nativity

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

“thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.”

“hath taught me to set in trifles no store,”

“me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb.”