A.
The incorporation of many allusions to other texts breaks with poetic conventions inasmuch as poetry is traditionally based in telling the story of a character or a group of characters in a straightfowards fashion that does not refer to things outside the story except in a referential sense. This would be the case in most epic poetry, like the ´Iliad´ or ´Paradise Lost´.
B.
The poem distorts the traditional meaning of poetry in the sense that traditional poetry is based in the epic form, where clearly delineated characters are set out in some traditional heroic or tragic scenario. Prufrock´s existence is opposed to any real heroic or classic tragic plot.
Sonny learns about the sun and the stars.
The way Joe Willow explains the change from day to night, is that when "daddy", in this case the sun, "goes to bed" (sets), "all the little children come out". The "little children" refer to the stars, they are coming out in the sky at night time.
A) When will you be able to meet for lunch, Grandpa Henry?
Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines hyphen as " the symbol -, used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been divided into two parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next".
The correct answer, with all the hyphens in the right places, is :
The professor seemed very self-assured, but the students were afraid he would resign, which is why they re-signed the petition to investigate the false allegations made against him.
