Use the drop-down menus to decide which adaptation of dialogue from Romeo and Juliet best shows the meaning and tone of the original. "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"

-Whats that i see over there?

-Wait--whats that over there?

"Her vestal livery is but sick and green."

-Her clothes are ugly

-Her green clothes mirror her jealousy

"O! that she knew she were."

-Why wont she talk to me?

-If only she knew how i feel!

"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars."

-her skin puts the stars to shame.

-It looks like she has a fever.

b because i dont see anything

i agree so i wont repert this question

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

explanation:

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.