How does old english compare to the modern english we speak today?

a. it is similar enough to recognize some of the words.
b. it is similar enough to be able to figure may of the words.
c. it is almost the same as modern english.
d. it is almost unrecognizable as the same language.

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire consumed with that which it was nourished by. which theme do these lines best support? a. all people grow old and die. b. in old age, people grow like a fire. c. flames turn everything to ash d. fire glows and burns