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Fireside Poets

Question 1 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life."Let the dead past bury its dead!What is the effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line?

Answer
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It serves as a reminder that the past is comprised of the actions of people now deceased.
B
It suggests that the reader should think of mortality when thinking of the past.
C
It reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.
D
It creates a mood of foreboding, which affects the rest of the poem.
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