Answer:
The central idea of the sonnet is The speaker thinks that his muse is forgetful and lazy and wastes a lot of time.
Explanation:
The Sonnet 100 by William Shakespeare talks about a poet who demands his muse that she spends too much time in leisure, he tells her that she should be always by his side giving him the inspiration to create that art that will be defining the standard in the future for other people, he also says that trough her help she will get recognition as well and will be immortalized as he will.
Answer:
I would say that the central idea of this Sonnet 100 by William Shakespeare is that he thinks that his muse is forgetful and lazy and wastes a lot of time. The correct answer is the last one.
Explanation:
I chose this option because in these lines the author describes a muse who isn't working hard enough according to his point of view. She is, he says, "resty" and forgets to do what she does best: "Where art thou Muse that thou forgett'st long, /To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?". The speaker thinks that his muse is wasting her time in things that he considers useless, that she is giving her precious attention to things that don't matter, and she is wasting time when she doesn't "Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem, / And gives thy pen both skill and argument.". After reading all these, we can easily understand that the speaker thinks his muse is not only forgetful, but also lazy, that is why I chose the last option.
