Question

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

—“Sonnet 18,”
William Shakespeare

In one to two sentences, explain the central idea of the final couplet of the poem.

Answer 1

The poet declares that as long as people live and can read, the poem will endure; therefore the verse preserves and gives eternal life to the beloved's beauty and memory.