Read this excerpt from vachel lindsay’s poem “in praise of johnny appleseed.” in the days of president washington, the glory of the nations, dust and ashes, snow and sleet, and hay and oats and wheat, blew west, crossed the appalachians, found the glades of rotting leaves, the soft deer-pastures, the farms of the far-off future in the forest.

how does this allusion reinforce the meaning of the excerpt?
a. the allusion offers images of nature for the excerpt.

b. the allusion lends patriotic pride to the excerpt.

c. the allusion recounts historical fact for the excerpt.

d. the allusion adds weather detail to the excerpt.

B

Explanation:

id say it means hes fearful and/or cautious

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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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