Question

In the poem The Tortoise in Eternity by Elinor Wylie, in The first stanza, the narrator's bed is compared to a womb and a? A. Cradle B. Grave C. Shell D. House E. Blanket

Answer 1

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Answer 2

What is the title of this poem? What is the meaning of "horn" in the first line? (Check a dictionary.)

Here's the first stanza:

"The Tortoise in Eternity

Within my house of patterned horn
I sleep in such a bed
As men may keep before they're born
And after when they're dead."

Answer 3

b grave

Answer 4

house

Answer 5

Metal