Question

passage
her shoes were white. and she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half - packed trunks, were scattered about. she had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on, - the other was on the table near her hand, - her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a prayer - book all confusedly heaped about the looking - glass.
poems
in the poems, how does shakespeare allude to, or refer to, ovid’s poem?
by referring to the story of the nativity
by personifying time as cruel and destructive
by comparing the passage of time to waves breaking on the shore
by copying the rhyme scheme and meter of the original poem

Explanation:

To determine how Shakespeare alludes to Ovid’s poem, we analyze each option:

• The first option (story of nativity) is unrelated to Ovid’s works.
• Ovid often personified time as cruel/destructive (e.g., in his writings on change and decay), so this matches a common allusion style.
• Comparing time to waves breaking is not a typical Ovidian allusion.
• Copying rhyme scheme/meter is less about allusion and more about form, and Ovid’s works (in Latin) have different metrical structures than Shakespeare’s English poems, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

by personifying time as cruel and destructive