Read the passage. Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove…
If this be error, and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
In Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, how does the Speaker’s mood change from the first quatrain to the final couplet of the poem?

A. from misery to happiness

B. from idealized to realistic

C. from somber to happy

D. from hopeless to thankful

D. from hopeless to thankful

Explanation:

The mood of the first quatrain to the final couplet of this poem is going from hopeless to thankful. At first, William Shakespeare is telling the readers about love and marriage that seemed hopeless to him because he is considering love both beautiful, mysterious, and more but those mixed up feelings made his thoughts inspirational for his work. Because of that, he is thankful.

William Shakespeare on love: “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing'd cupid painted blind.”  

A. To appeal to the audience's logical sense, mentioning that the attitude of the king can no longer continue, and the Declaration will ensure he won't.

B. To gain the audience's sympathy, by bringing out these ideals that every person desires, which were intended by the Creator.

C. To refute any argument for reconciliation, because, as is mentioned, all other efforts for such were frustrated and responded with harm.

D. To show the willingness to defend the Declaration, they were united in one accord and promised to sacrifice for each other's good.