Read the following excerpt from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and answer the question.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,

Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,

When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Which of the following moods is the author most likely trying to evoke in the reader?

A)love and idealism
B)fear and revulsion
C)pensive and uncertain
D)delight and excitement