<span>In each of these pieces of writing, feminine identities are revealed as if they are unhappy with themselves. Within each piece of writing, they start to focus on their inner self, and accept things that cannot be changed, along with self checking themselves. Each of these focuses on the feminine figure really going deep within her inner self to find individualism and peace with herself.
In Sara Teasdale's work she focuses on a theme of inner reflection and isolation.
In "A Servant to Servants" the farm wife describes her isolated, unfullfilled, maddening life.
In "Aunt Imogen" she is unhappy with her choices in life to not get married or have children. She gets sad when she sees her sisters children because she didn't have children of her own. In the end she accepts that this is what she chose with her life. </span>
If we are going to search the meaning of the word "austere" in the dictionary or any reliable sources, we will see that this means severe or strict in manner or unemotional, etc. From the words used in the sentence, another word that has similar meaning to the word "austere" is the word "stern". Thus, the answer to this item is stern.
I don't know what the underlined sentence is, because there is none. But, assuming the underlined sentence is "he'd been held up, but at least he was there" you could use the next sentence, "As he rushed down the aisle to the stage, he muttered to himself, "better late than never."" to better understand, because him mentioning that he was late, can help you decipher the meaning of him being held up.
<span>It depends on the type of narrator, an unreliable narrator usually opens a story with evidence that the narrator is unreliable by admitting mental illness, making an obviously wrong statement or if the narrator describes himself as a character.</span>
<span>Banishment is a worse punishment than death.</span>
