Read the stanza from “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art, to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.How does this stanza express an optimistic view?

The speaker says that the grave is not life’s goal and that the words “dust thou art, to dust returnest” do not apply to the soul. This suggests that the soul continues beyond physical death, expressing an optimistic view of life after death. The correct choice is “It suggests that life continues after death.”

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