1: What is the literal meaning of the following sentence? "For six months of the year, Adonis had to live as a Shade in the world
of the dead; but for the rest of the year he was free to breathe the upper air."
A: For six months of the year Adonis was asleep, but for the other six months he was dead.
OB: For six months out of the year Adonis was not living, but for the other six months he was alive.
C. For six months out of the year Adonis could not breathe, but he was free to breathe the other six months of the year.
D: For six months of the year Adonis lived as a tree in the world of the dead, but for the other six months he lived in
heaven

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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1. negative, complain without fixing anything.

2. she disagrees with them.