Question

Read this selection from Macbeth and answer the question that follows.

Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time for from this instant
There's nothing serious in mortality:
All is but toys renown and grace is dead
The wine of life is drawn and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of

Identify the punctuation marks that fit the following blanks.

Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time_______ for_______ from this instant _________
period, comma, colon
semicolon, comma, comma
period, colon, comma
semicolon, period, comma

Answer 1

The correct punctuation marks that fit the blanks in the selection from Macbeth are:

**semicolon, comma, comma**

So it would read:

Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time; for, from this instant,

This is the best fit for the structure of the sentences.