ap lit final mc answers- passage one
the action of the waves in line 1-4 is best described as
an inexorable procession
in context the phrase transfix the flourish is best understood to mean
diminish the vitality
in line 5, nativity refers primarily to the
earliest stage of life
line 12, and nothing stands but for his scythe to mow, is best paraphrased as
everything exists only to be destroyed
in line 6, the word crawls serves primarily to
evoke both a babys movements and the idea that in youth the years pass slowly
the subject of line 1-4 is best described as
minutes of our lives elapsing
the first 12 lines of the poem primarily focus on the
relentlessness of time
the image of crooked eclipses is most closely linked to which other image in the poem
the main of light-line 5
which of the following best describes the structure of the poem as a whole
three increasingly ominous representations of a process followed by an optimistic assertion
the end rhymes of the poem divide it formally into
three quatrains and a couplet
the verbs in lines 9-12, serve to dramatize
times absolute control over human life