Read the lines from shakespeare’s “sonnet 55.”

when wasteful war shall statues overturn,
and broils root out the work of masonry,
nor mars his sword, nor war’s quick fire shall burn
the living record of your memory.

which response most accurately explains the meaning of the lines?

a)although the physical poem may be burnt in a war, the speaker will remember his love forever.

b) war, represented metaphorically by the god mars, cannot harm a poetic tribute of love.

c) many people will try to fight against the speaker’s love for the subject of this poem, but their true love will prevail.

d)the speaker is in love, but he must figuratively pick up mars’s sword and leave his lover to fight in a war.