<span>"Should I go?" she asked herself when she finished reading the long text message from her friend. The text invited her to come spend the holiday up North. </span>
<span>I’ll never forget the joys we had, which remind me of spring and the melting snow.
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An elliptical clause is a kind of clause with an ellipsis; meaning that there are words that are left out. So here are two sentences using elliptical clauses.
The sentence using than:
-She sees you more often than I. (The missing words here are "I see you")
The sentence using as:
-He likes the movie just as I do. (The missing words here are "I like it).
Hope this examples help.
Solution: The 'lovely' boy is still young and beautiful and time has not yet degraded his beauty. So, the young boy seems to be 'holding' time powerfully. But the time is constantly changing, the charm is not going to last forever and will fade away. So option (a) is correct.
The correct definition of motif is a recurring subject, theme. idea, etc.
