1laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song, 2 better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong. 3 laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span. 4 laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) what is the rhyme pattern in this stanza? a. all four lines have the same ending rhyme. b. there is no rhyme pattern in this stanza. c. first and third lines rhyme; second and fourth lines rhyme. d. first and second lines rhyme; third and fourth rhyme.

D. First and second lines rhyme; third and fourth rhyme.

Explanation: Song and wrong rhyme, span and man rhyme. Hope this helped :)

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

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