Question

"So long lives this , -what is referred to by the word 'this'?

Answer 1

The verse is referred to by the word 'this'

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is 'poem'.

Explanation:

i) The quote is taken from the Sonnet 18 written by William Shakespeare.

ii) Sonnet 18 is written in the appreciation of the beauty of poet's muse.

iii) The poem is entirely dedicated to explaining the beauty of the muse and compares it to a summer's day.

iv) The poet uses various imageries to weigh the eternal beauty of the muse against the transient day of summer.

v) At the end of the day, the poet says that as long as this poem will exist, your beauty will be eternal.

vi) Hence, the object referred by the word 'this' is the poem itself.

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