When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings. Between which pair of lines does the poem shift most significantly in thought?
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Lines 8 and 9
Lines 12 and 13
Lines 4 and 5
Lines 2 and 3
As used in line 14, scorn most nearly means
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happily
position
desire
refuse
Which of the following best states a theme of the poem?
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Humanity is cruel and violent at heart
It's good to be the king
Money solves all problems
Love is worth more than wealth
The poem shifts most significantly in thought between lines 12 and 13.
In line 14, scorn most nearly means refuse.
The best theme of the poem is "Love is worth more than wealth."