THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D).THE SPEAKER STATES THAT THE POEMAND THE...

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The correct answer is (D).

The speaker states that the poem

and the memory of the lover enshrined in the poem will survive

When a question asks you to

identify a theme, a quick

longer than buildings and other material things, choice (D).

paraphrase of the poem will

Choice (A), a writer’s work outliving the creator, supports

point you in the right

choice (D). Choice (B) is illogical. It is the memory of the

direction.

beloved, not love, choice (C), that is timeless. While choice (E),

the destructiveness of war, is true, it is not the primary theme of

the sonnet.