English, 21.02.2020 17:49 avrieell8584

Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise.
- "Sonnet 75,"
Edmund Spenser

Read the second quatrain of "Sonnet 75." Then,
answer the questions. What is the best paraphrase of the first two lines of the quatrain?

It is vain to try to make things last forever

It is vain to think everything is mortal

it is vain to create mortal things

What is the central idea of the second quatrain?

It is understandable to think we all live forever

Fighting natural forces is useless

It’s hard to let go of loved ones

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Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
For I myse...