To understand this phrase you have to analyze it in pieces.
Courtier is a word to describe a person that goes to the court to present, in this case, poetry. The court was the place where the powerful people (kings, princes, queens, royal governors...) of society would go to have a different kind of reunions and presentations.
Middling is a word that was used as a synonym for standard, regular. Here it means that the poet is not particularly bright, not all that talented.
Answer: B “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questioning from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good"
C “It's a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate, ' she said stiffly."
and
E“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching"
Answer:
A
Explanation:
The figurative languages:
But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars: I believe he was talking about how fascinating it is to look up at the stars, for when he did he was amazed at all that he saw in the sky, wondering how it was possible.
...retire as much from his chamber as from society: talking about how a man is fully in isolation if they have stopped doing both work and socialization.
almost all the figurative speech after the first one listed all talk about his fascination for the stars.
the other ones include:
...will separate between him and what he touches
But every night come out these envoys of beauty
and light the universe with their admonishing smile
Answer:
The poem means
Explanation:
Poem is a literary technique and also a collection of both oral and written words which displays emotions in a way the readers can imagine. A poem is imaginative as well as written a unique rhythm. Poms also are written in metric pattern.
Poem is different from speech or prose because the poets expresses their emotions using poem more easily than through ordinary speech. The poem guides the readers as they read it. Poem also teaches moral lesson as well.