Question

read shakespeare’s “sonnet 19.”
devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,
and make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws,
and burn the long-liv’d phoenix, in her blood;
make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,
and do whate’er thou wilt, swift-footed time,
to the wide world and all her fading sweets;
but i forbid thee one most heinous crime:
o! carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow,
nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
him in thy course untainted do allow
for beauty’s pattern to succeeding men.
yet, do thy worst old time: despite thy wrong,
my love shall in my verse ever live young.
which is the best paraphrase of the line 9?
○ keep time from passing.
○ time cannot alter my love.
● my love has beautiful brows.
○ do not make my love look older.

Explanation:

Line 9 of the sonnet is "O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow," where "thy hours" refers to Time's aging force, and "carve" means creating wrinkles (signs of aging). The line is a plea to Time not to age the speaker's love by marking their brow. This matches the paraphrase "Do not make my love look older."

Answer:

Do not make my love look older.