Read the third quatrain of "Sonnet 130." I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go - My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground - "Sonnet 130," William Shakespeare How does the third quatrain further develop the central ideas presented in the first and second quatrains? It continues the pattern of comparing the mistress to natural elements. It changes the descriptions of the mistress from favorable to unfavorable. It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound. It increases the harshness of the descriptions to emphasize the speaker's feelings.

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Alma Griffin

8 August, 05:57

Read the third quatrain of "Sonnet 130." I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go - My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground - "Sonnet 130," William Shakespeare How does the third quatrain further develop the central ideas presented in the first and second quatrains? It continues the pattern of comparing the mistress to natural elements. It changes the descriptions of the mistress from favorable to unfavorable. It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound. It increases the harshness of the descriptions to emphasize the speaker's feelings.

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Madalyn Pineda · Answer 1

The correct answer is: It extends beyond descriptions of sight and smell with descriptions of sound.

The narrator starts comparing the mistress' eyes and lips with natural elements, it continues with her skin and her breath and then he describes the way she speaks and walks. In the end, he reveals that he loves her despite not being a goddess, but she is lovely and beautiful without being perfect.