Which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife?
a. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bowl, the smallest lattice window open.
b. yet, not trying to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness, in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round for her?
c. we could not give her those glib assurances that naive sold make so easily to others concerning their after state.
d. but it was long before our hearts, wanderi bf with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream.

By percy bysshe shelley hail to thee, blithe spirit! bird thou never wert, that from heaven, or near it, pourest thy full heart in profuse strains of unpremeditated art. higher still and higher from the earth thou springest like a cloud of fire; the blue deep thou wingest, and singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. in the golden lightning of the sunken sun, o'er which clouds are bright'ning, thou dost float and run; like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. 1 select the correct answer. why is the poem "ode to a skylark" an example of a horatian ode? a. because its stanzas are of uniform length b. because it is filled with figurative language c. because it is filled with references to myths d. because it pays tribute to the figure of the skylark