Because of the silence between them
The phrase "lily of a man" as it is used in line 3 of Gary Soto's poem most closely means an anxious weakling, as is said in option C and explained below.
To find the answer, we used our knowledge of context clues.
<h3>What are context clues?</h3>
Context clues are any words or phrases that help us figure out the meaning or connotation of other words or phrases in the same context. Here, we need to understand the meaning of "lily of a man."
The context clues used for that is "A coward I am not," the phrase that comes immediately before "lily of a man." Since both phrases complete each other, we can assume they have similar meanings.
Therefore, we can safely conclude the speaker is saying that he is not an anxious weakling, not a coward. The best answer in this case is option C.
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well, that's exactly what i thought
The answer is:
d. thy firmness makes my circle just/and makes me end
In John Donne's poem "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," the author intends to express his desire to have a peaceful death in which his wife does not mourn him. He suggests their love is so strong that it goes beyond the physical state and will continue after death. Morever, he compares their love to a compass - his wife is the foot of the compass, which helps him create a perfect circle. As a result, he implies his wife's strength makes him complete and have a dignified and respectable death.
