Which excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. is an understatement? “I am always telling that to your poor uncle, but he never seems to take much notice . . . as far as any improvement in his ailment goes.”
“Well, really, Gwendolen, I must say that I think there are lots of other much nicer names.”
“Gwendolen, I must get christened at once—I mean we must get married at once. There is no time to be lost.”
“You know that I love you, and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not absolutely indifferent to me.”

 D     “You know that I love you, and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not absolutely indifferent to me.”

Explanation:  “You know that I love you, and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not absolutely indifferent to me.”  (EZ PEAZY)

in the sonnet 116 written by william shakespeare we can analyze the symbolism and say that he reuses the idea of love like a guiding star for the sailor.

reading through the poem we find out that in the line 7 there is a metaphor for the lover that is heading through the life events by love itself .