Question

assignment active identifying central ideas but thy eternal summer shall not fade, nor lose possession of that fair thou owst, nor shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade, when in eternal lines to time thou growst - \sonnet 18,\ william shakespeare which statement best expresses the central idea of the third quatrain? your beauty will never fade, because you will live forever in the lines of this poem. love provides safety, so you should never wander from your beloved. nature is more beautiful than a poem, but also more dangerous. the beauty of summer fades when winter comes.

Explanation:

The lines in the sonnet suggest that the subject's beauty will be immortalized through the poem. The first option captures this essence as it states that the beauty will never fade because the subject will live forever in the lines of the poem. The other options do not accurately reflect the meaning of the third - quatrain.

Answer:

Your beauty will never fade, because you will live forever in the lines of this poem.