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AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 6. The function of the couplets in lines 5-6, 11-12, and 17-18 is to what?

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The function of the couplets in lines 5-6, 11-12, and 17-18 is to... what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Okay, so we need to zero in on a few couplets in particular and figure out why they're there.

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First we've got lines 5 through 6:

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Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen;

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Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

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Then 11 through 12:

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But though from court to cottage he depart, His Saint is sure of his unspotted heart.

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And finally, 17 through 18:

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Goddess, allow this aged man his right To be your beadsman now that was your knight.

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We're told that all three have the same function, so... what do they have in common?

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What are they all trying to say?

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Whoa, whoa -- not all at once. One at a time, please...

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In the first couplet we're talking about stuff like beauty and youth that fade... but duty,

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faith and love are more permanent.

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In the second couplet, he's saying that even though he's tossing in the towel, his heart

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and loyalty will still be with the Queen.

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And in the third one, he's indicating that his function might change, but that he will

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still be serving the Queen in at least some capacity.

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In fact... sounds a little stalkerish. Her royal majesty might want to put some stronger

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bars over the windows... So... what do these add up to?

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Well, seems that the speaker is reinforcing his loyalty to the Queen in all three couplets.

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So this one's pretty obvious -- option B.

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Aw... wouldn't they just make the cutest couplet?

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