st-lit-4
Read the following poem carefully before you choose your answers.
Passage
Against that time (if ever that time come)
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Called to that audit by advised respects—
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,
And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity—
Against that time do I ensconce me here
Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part.
To leave poor me thou has the strength of laws,
Select an Answer
The speaker imagines a time in the future when he might
no longer be in love
no longer be loved
be even more deeply in love
be able to explain why he is in love
look back fondly on his present happiness
View Correct Answer
Choice B is correct. Lines 2-8 describe an imagined time when the person being addressed will be critical of the speaker and no longer care for him.