These phrases tell you that B is correct:
"It little profits that an idle king ...
I mete and dole/Unequal laws ...
and know not me."
Are you clear on the meaning of these three parts of that excerpt?
Read these lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses."
"It little profits that an idle king,/By this still hearth, among these barren crags,/Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole/Unequal laws unto a savage race,/That horde, and sleep, and feed, and know not me."
Which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
a. the long-ago death of his wife
b. a lack of true fulfillment in his life (correct choice)
c. living in a constant state of danger
d. the degree of authority he is forced to wield (incorrect choice)
I chose answer D when taking the test, but the correct answer was B. I need to know why that is. Can someone please help?
2 answers
It little profits ...
he's not forced, just has no reward
he's not forced, just has no reward
2 answers