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,5 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;10 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?

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Which is the best paraphrase of the line 9?

a) Keep time from passing.

b) Time cannot alter my love.

c) My love has beautiful brows.

d) Do not make my love look older.

The best paraphrase of the line 9 is d) Do not make my love look older.

Explanation:

In "Sonnet 19", the speaker talks of Time's relentlessness. Time will eventually lead all things and beings to old age and death. They will all be consumed by earth. Still, the speaker pleads with time to not make her loved one grow old. In line 9, "Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen," it is as if Time has a pen with which it draws the lines of old age. The speaker is asking Time, "Do no make my love look older." She then moves on to say that, even though time is a fierce devourer, her loved one shall live forever, eternally young, in the lines she writes about him.

Keep time from passing (A)

Explanation:

Shakesphere is basically saying to not carve more wrinkles onto his love's face which states that not to make her old. This therefore means to stop time from passing.