This is an excerpt from Sonnet 18 written by Shakespeare. If you know anything about Shakespeare's sonnets, you know that they always have a regular meter, which means that all of them are written in iambic pentameter. This means that the first syllable is unstressed, and it is followed by a stressed syllable.
So, when applied to this poem, just split the words into syllables - the first one will be unstressed (so, as, can, or, can), and the second one will be stressed (long, men, breathe, eyes, see).
(I took the penultimate line as an example)
Answer: knots in a string of beads, lines in a leaf, file cabinets
Explanation: Really, metaphors are all we have to describe memory.
So that the most important details are read last and therefore are remembered the best, leaving a lasting impression on the reader.
Can you be more specific?
Answer: fluorescent
Explanation:
Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury” is the definition of florescent.
Florescent makes visible light through fluorescence. Fluorescence simply deals with how light is emitted through a substance which has absorbed light.