In the poem "Afterwards," Hardy uses many euphemisms to refer to death. He never actually says the words die, dead, or death.
Instead, he says things like: "If I pass during..." Here, the term "pass" is replacing the word "die." He also uses the very wordy "When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay" (which basically means "When the present is behind me" or "When I am part of the past").
The effect of these euphemisms is to have a quiet, calming effect on the reader. If he constantly used the words "die" and "death" throughout the poem, the dreamlike quality of the poem would be altered.
Instead, using terms like "afterward" and all the other euphemisms allows Hardy to discuss death without actually discussing it. In this way, he wonders what the rest of the world will do "after."
I believe you are referring to this text:
<span>In the eighteenth century Josiah Wedgwood had made some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics – in jasper and basalt – in Britain, but this tea set shows that by the 1840s, when Wedgwood produced it, the company was aiming at a much wider market. This is quite clearly mid-range pottery, simple earthenware of a sort that many quite modest British households were then able to afford. But the owners of this particular set must have had serious social aspirations, because all three pieces have been decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver.
From the text, the descriptive detail that best aids the reader to visualize the central topic which is a specific early Victorian tea set is "</span><span>some of the most expensive stoneware</span>".
Answer:
to provide evidence that supports the writer's ideas
to analyze the texts, ideas, or objects being compared
to highlight similarities between the texts being discussed
to point out differences between the texts being discussed
Explanation:
The Morris Abraham Schneider give readers a better understanding of the immigrants' voyage to America in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt by explaining the conditions of the steerage.
<u>Option: A</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Morris Abraham Schneider indicated that steerage was one big spot. It was the smallest deck. The stench, it was the summer, in August, the humidity, the sun, not having air conditioning, cooling facilities, it was really hot, exacerbated by the reality that in this massive cavernous environment there must have been two to three hundred people everywhere.
He also added that there was no such thing as washing or bathing, the body smells, the body odors, the lack of hygiene, the lack of any form of facilities. The stench, the vermin, had been infested with rodent, but he thought that being kids had its benefits, in this case because normally adult were just trying to get out of there.
Hello there,
Which two lines in this excerpt from the poem "A Grain of Sand" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper indicates its subject?
Answer: Oh how little seems the span
Measured round the life of man.
