<span>Because the 'sanctity' of one thing, vs the non-sanctity of another is all the vanity of the judgmental dualistic imagination, the ego, of the beholder!!</span><span>
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Answer:
Eckels carelessly steps off the Path out of fear, and disrupts the past in a way that will likely impact the future.
Explanation:
The rhyme scheme is ABAB up until the last two lines, which are CC. Rhyme scheme signifies which lines rhyme with each other, depending on the last word in each line. The As correspond with each other, the Bs correspond with each other, and so on.
The main idea of the poem is that one should not to give up pursuing a woman if at first she doesn't seem interested, because when she has finally been won over, her love will last forever. In other words, be patient, because a woman who is not easily wooed will provide the longest form of love.
The poet uses the "metaphor" of burning an oak. A metaphor is a comparison between two seemingly unlike things (in this case a woman/her love and an oak tree) without using the words "like" or "as" (which would make the comparison a simile).
The poet uses the metaphor of a wound to represent how deep love can go ("Deep is the wound, that dints the parts entire With chaste affects, that naught but death can sever").
1-C
2-C
3-A
4-C
5-B
Hope this helps!
