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Jaqueline Rivera

31 January, 01:54

Read this stanza from a poem by Sir John Suckling. Then, answer the question (s).

I prithee send me back my heart,

Since I cannot have thine:

For if from yours you will not part,

Why then shouldst thou have mine?

Yet now I think on't, let it lie:

To find it were in vain,

For th' hast a thief in either eye

Would steal it back again.

In what way is the theme expressed in these lines similar to a carpe diem theme?

A. The lines express hopelessness, consistent with carpe diem.

B. The lines express imperatives about love.

C. The lines express frustration, in contrast to carpe diem.

D. The lines express futility humorously.