English help?
Read these lines from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.” “A heart – how shall I say? – too soon made glad,/Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er/She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.” How is the poem’s speaker describing its subject?
a- as loving and fearful
b- as flirtatious and naive
c- as beloved and flawless
d- as beautiful and cunning
My answer is A
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No, not A.
OK, so without giving the correct answer do you have any suggestions? I'm 71 years old and trying to help my grandson.
too soon made glad,/Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er/She looked on...
The word "too" in here, especially because it's repeated, indicates that she makes judgments too quickly -- and they're always positive.
Who reacts to just about everyone and everything like that?
The word "too" in here, especially because it's repeated, indicates that she makes judgments too quickly -- and they're always positive.
Who reacts to just about everyone and everything like that?
I would say naive then.
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