Which line from the poem "the dean's provocation. . ." would best help the reader infer the characters' social class? a. the doc
tor in a clean starch'd band, / his golden snuff box in his hand, b. none strive to know their proper merit, / but strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit. c. with a low bow approach'd the dame, / who smiling heard him preach his flame. d. i'll so describe your dressing-room / the very irish shall not come;?
a. the doctor in a clean starch'd band, / his golden snuff box in his hand,
Explanation:
This is the line that would best help the reader infer the character's social class. In this line, we learn that the person we are talking about is a doctor. This already suggests that the person is most likely relatively wealthy. Moreover, we learn that the character is wearing a "clean starch'd band" and carrying a "golden snuff box." Both of these details suggest that the person is careful about his appearance and wealthy enough to possess these objects.
It's hard to answer without an excerpt you should have been provided. But I'll help you anyway. I suggest you to go with the second one: The speaker’s voice in the selection from “Clearances” is private and nostalgic.
Stalactites and stalagmites are formed by chemical weathering. Water dissolves the calcites in the rock of a cave roof and the calcite is deposited as strange and wonderful structures below.
