<u>Answer:</u>
- the economic use of language
- a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor
<u>Explanation:</u>
'In a Station of the Metro' is a very precise poem by Ezra Pound which exhibits the characteristics of modernist poetry that include:
- the economic use of language
- a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor
The poet has tried to convey his message in minimum words (merely two lines) by using the metaphorical approach where he has linked the faces in the crowd to the wet, fallen flower petals on a bough.
Hello, Divine Comedy consists of three books; Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. In each book, he witnesses levels of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven to see what the souls of the deceased have in store based on their actions on Earth. With this in mind, this means your answer is A, since Dante travels through the afterlife and witnesses how people are punished and rewarded.
According to a different source, this question refers to the essay "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.
Although we do not know what the quote you are referencing is, we are able to explain the claims that Swift makes throughout the entire essay.
In this essay, Swift makes a commentary about the view and value of personhood in his society. In this essay, he argues that poor Irish families should sell their children to wealthy English people in order for them to be eaten. Although the claim is absurd, what Swift wants to convey is that people value the lives of the poor, as well as the lives of the Irish, as less important than the lives of rich English people. In his society, such prejudice prevents people from valuing all lives equally.
This essay continues to be relevant today. Nowadays, we still believe some people are less worthy than others. For example, we care deeply about celebrities dying, but we do not care much about the hundreds of people who die from war or poverty everyday. As a society, the poor, the elderly, and foreigners are often seen as "less worthy" because of our prejudice. This view is also influenced by values in society pushed by the media, such as the celebration and admiration of extremely wealthy people.
This passage uses humor to critique Victorian views about the importance of family by showing that feel as if children (aka starting a family) are everyday items like a "hand-bag".
