Question

passage poems william shakespeare (1564–1616) was an english poet and playwright who is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the english language. shakespeare was familiar with the work of ancient roman and greek scholars and often incorporated their words and themes into his own plays and poems. sonnet lx by william shakespeare like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end, each changing place with that which goes before, in sequent toil all forwards do contend. nativity, once in the main of light, crawls to maturity, wherewith being crownd, crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight, and time that gave doth now his gift confound. refer to the poems. which statement below best describes how shakespeare transforms a topic found in ovid’s poem? shakespeare transforms the idea of the narrowness of time into the idea of the limitlessness of time. shakespeare transforms the idea of time standing still into the idea of time repeating itself. shakespeare transforms the idea of time accelerating into the idea of time moving backward. shakespeare transforms the idea of the renewal of time into the idea of the forward motion of time.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet LX and the options. The sonnet describes time's forward motion (waves to shore, minutes to end, nativity to maturity). Ovid often explores time's renewal (cyclical), but Shakespeare here focuses on time's unidirectional, forward flow. Let's check options:

• Option 1: The sonnet doesn't show time going from narrow to limitless.
• Option 2: Time isn't shown as repeating; it's moving forward.
• Option 3: Time isn't moving backward; it's progressing forward (minutes hasten, nativity to maturity).
• Option 4: Ovid’s works sometimes have cyclical time (renewal, like seasons), and Shakespeare transforms that into time’s forward motion (waves, minutes, life stages moving forward). This matches the sonnet’s themes.

Answer:

Shakespeare transforms the idea of the renewal of time into the idea of the forward motion of time.