English, 05.12.2019 23:31 princessksh8

read the passage.

to waken an old lady
by william carlos williams

old age is
a flight of small
cheeping birds
skimming
bare trees
above a snow glaze.
gaining and failing
they are buffeted
by a dark wind—
but what?
on harsh weedstalks
the flock has rested,
the snow
is covered with broken
seedhusks
and the wind tempered
by a shrill
piping of plenty.

what is the theme of this poem?

elderly people should live life fully despite the difficulties of old age.

elderly people should not go outside in snowy and windy weather.

for young people, life is full of challenges.

young birds should not try to fly during strong winds.

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Answer from: 0273hdj

Elderly people should live life fully despite the difficulties of old age.

Explanation:

The most common theme in this poem by William Carlos Williams is referring to aspects of old age. This poem is wrote with poetic and simple language while he was using many literary devices and caring about form and structure.

The poet has represented old age and elder people trough symbolism of birds, trees, wind and more. His theme is focusing on that, that all people should live life fully and the difficulties in life should be always smaller than actual will for living. We can see the theme of the poem in the tittle too - ''To Waken an Old Lady''

Answer B and D are totally incorrect because they are translated and understood in a literary way although the poet is using many literary devices and symbolism.

Answer C is considering acceptance of poem's symbolism but it is not considering the main focus and theme of it which are the elder ones.

Answer from: Quest

its hard for some people to get along and that’s the case for douglass and canot. most of the time when people do not agree with each other its because they have different presperctives, and that is the case here.

captain canot was never a slave so but he was a slaver and a slave ship captain and just like the slave master's he tought it was it was totally normal, he used captain conot is a cruel man who enjoys whipping slaves but never got whipped he saw it has a destiny for the slave to be a slave and the slaver to be a slaver but douglass has suffered whoppings cut even for no reason sometimes. douglass believed that slavery was not natural to black people, they need to study and learn how to read and write. he knew they have rights.

it was really not the captain’s fault he was just brainwashed by the system and when your brainwashed by the system its hard not to be brainwashed. but the reason douglass wants this is because he has suffered he knows how it feels and will do anything to stop that.

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