Question

Select the correct answer.
In this excerpt from the poem "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant, what is the meaning of the word infant?

Yet not to thine eternal resting-place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills

A.
developing
B.
past
C.
emerging
D.
budding
E.
new

Answer 1

The correct meaning of the word "infant" in this excerpt is E. new.