Directions: Read the following poem and select the correct answer. Remember to add your answer choice and explanation of why you chose that answer in the box below. from Sonnet 130

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

But no such roses see i in [my mistress's] cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from her reeks.

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 upon the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare

1. Which quotation best states the speaker's insistence about the truth of poetry?

A. I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

B. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

C. My mistress, when she walks, treads upon the ground.

2. Lines 9-10 build upon the theme of--

F. the superiority of real love over idealized love

G. roses, perfume, and music as proper comparisons for a love

H. the poets love for a very special person