In “Old Ironsides," the speaker despairs about what is happening to a noble ship with a rich history. Click on the
phrase or sentence that shows what the speaker believes would
be a better ending for the vessel.
A. Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
B. Nail to the mast her holy flag.
Set every threadbare sail,
C. And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the ghe!

If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts