This excerpt expresses the theme that it can be difficult to know yourself and your place in the world. which excerpt from "to live" expresses the same theme?

The abstract in the text"To live" that expresses that it is hard to know yourself and the place in the world is: "beyond desk chairs  And dull muraled halls  j.v., varsity and  setting the curve , school play and G.P.A. , textbooks  learning without  knowing."

Explanation:

This excerpt shows how in the daily life, the chores and activities a person must do in order to acomplish what society expects, becomes and obstacle in the process of trying to know who you are and what you want from life.  

sonnet 130 follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form abab cdcd efef gg and is composed in iambic pentameter,a type of a poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.the first line exemplifies iambic pentameter.