Question

read shakespeares \sonnet 130\. my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun; coral is far more red, than her lips red; if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. i have seen roses damaskd, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks; and in some perfumes is there more delight than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know that music hath a far more pleasing sound. i grant i never saw a goddess go,— my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground! and yet by heaven, i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. what is the best paraphrase of line 12? she has trouble walking on the ground. when she walks, she leaves footprints. like everyone, she walks on the ground. she cannot be compared to other standards.

Explanation:

Line 12 "My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground!" simply means that like everyone else, she walks on the ground. It is a straightforward statement about her normal, human - like action, contrasting with the idea of goddesses who are often depicted as floating or not bound to the earth.

Answer:

C. Like everyone, she walks on the ground.