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