In "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, the situation which brings the duke and the agent together is the duke's intention to remarry.
His wife died (or was killed, we will never know for sure), and he lost a lot of money, which is why he needs to marry into a rich family so as to regain what he lost. This is the reason why he met with the agent, so as to marry his cousin or something.
Taking the context into consideration, we can complete the sentence in the following manner:
- The <u>ailing </u>young woman is often frustrated because, although she knows her debilitation is not her fault, she still feels guilty about her lassitude.
- In order to complete the sentence, we must first look for context clues in it that may help us understand what words should be used.
- The sentence mentions an ailing young woman. When we look up the meaning of "ailing", we find it refers to being in<u> poor health.</u>
- Therefore, we can assume the rest of the sentence will keep on talking about health issues.
- With that in mind, the best answers are "debilitation" and "lassitude" (the fourth option).
- "Debilitation" is the process of reducing the strength of something or someone.
- "Lassitude" refers to a state of lack of strength or energy.
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Answer:
to devote or give time to
Explanation:
she is willing to devote ten hours each week
Your answer is a cut-up technique.
I would say that the lines which show us how desperate the poet is are the following:
"... helpless in my throes, Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite--"
As you can see here, the poet says he is helpless, meaning that he cannot find inspiration to write what he wants to write. Therefore he is desperate for some inspiration, which is why he is biting his truant pen in order to show how anxious he is to get his inspiration back.
