"Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey". What do these lines symbolise?
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A.
That time will destroy all man-made things
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B.
That the lover is tired of writing his beloved's name on the shore.
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C.
That the poet wrote the name of his beloved with his left hand.
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D.
That the tide takes pleasure in erasing the name.
Correct Answer:
A. That time will destroy all man-made things
Explanation:
The correct answer is that time will destroy all man-made things. In these lines from Edmund Spenser's Sonnet 75, the poet uses the tide's erasure of his writing in the sand as a metaphor for mortality. The "tide" represents the relentless passage of time, which inevitably consumes and destroys all physical human efforts and earthly creations. This imagery emphasizes the theme that life and man-made objects are transitory and subject to the laws of nature.
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