This excerpt is from the poem, 'Sailing to Byzantium' by William Butler Yeats
Explanation:
- The line "aged man is but a paltry thing, / a tattered coat upon a stick refers to an old man's soul.
- The poet says the country he had left was a country of youth and so he has moved to the holy city of Byzantium. He calls the saints as masters and asks them to be his soul's singing masters.
- He says his heart is a stick with desire and it is attached to a dying animal. Yeats speaks about the agony of old age.
To steer her readers in the right direction to solve the crime, Agatha Christie repeats key words and similar words. She did this so that these words will be retained in the mind of a reader. If a person reads the word three times, it is already kept in one's own mind. She was popular for making mystery stories based on famous nursery rhymes and poetry.
Answer: I think it's A
Explanation:
Nick went to Gatsby's party because he got an invite and wanted to know his strange and elusive neighbor better. He starts a conversation with him, without knowing it's Gatsby.
