Question

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Again the voices of the hunting horns
And the new moon, low lying on the hills,
Tell that the summer night is on its way.—
O languid heart, shalt thou much longer watch
This pale procession of the silent hours
Melt into shadows of unending years?
Much longer feed on yearning and despair
And all the anguish of departed time?
Tomorrow is as yesterday; today
No nearer than the morning when there stood
In Leda's palace, asking for my hand,
Tall Menelaus with his yellow hair; . . .
'Tis only as if one short, restless sleep
Lay over the wide chasm of the years
Beyond which loom lost faith and ruined Troy.

What do lines 9–12 reveal about Helen's mood in the poem?

Answer options with 4 options
1.
She knows what her future holds and still has questions about past events.

2.
She feels detached from her current circumstances and longs for her old life.

3.
She loves her husband and feels happy when she thinks about the first time they met.

4.
She is reflecting on the past and is moving backward through time toward her youth.

Answer 1

2. She feels detached from her current circumstances and longs for her old life.