How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar? Both are angry to see time passing. Both conte

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How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar?
Both are angry to see time passing.
Both contemplate a kind of loss.
Both are deeply and desperately in love.
Both despair at how their lives have transpired.

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Both contemplate a kind of loss.

Explanation: Longfellow’s speaker in "A Psalm of Life" confronts mortality and the loss of opportunity/time—he urges action so life’s "footprints on the sands of time" will remain rather than being wasted. The speaker of "Auspex" likewise reads omens of future loss or decline (it is prophetic in tone), dwelling on transience and what will be lost. The other choices are wrong: neither speaker is presented as madly in love, neither simply wallows in despair (Longfellow specifically counsels hope and action), and while both notice time passing, they are not primarily characterized as angry about it.

How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar?
Both are angry to see time passing.
Both contemplate a kind of loss.
Both are deeply and desperately in love.
Both despair at how their lives have transpired.

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How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar? Both are angry to see time passing. Both contemplate a kind of loss. Both are deeply and desperately in love. Both despair at how their lives have transpired.

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How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar?
Both are angry to see time passing.
Both contemplate a kind of loss.
Both are deeply and desperately in love.
Both despair at how their lives have transpired.