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The epitaph of Mrs. Purkapile is part of Edgar Lee Masters'<em> "Spoon River Anthology". </em>It was published in 1915. This is a sequence of 245 free-verse epitaphs that are presented in the form of monologues. They are written from the point of view of deceased citizens of a small town.
The correct answer is option C: "<em>And out of respect for my own character / I refused to be drawn into a divorce."</em> These lines directly state the reason that Mrs. Purkapile had for staying married.
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1. He arrived late because he had an appointment elsewhere.
2. After much discussion, he approved the project.
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"Little souls who thirst for fight" "These men were born to drill and die" "The unexplained glory flies above them"
All of these sentences use irony to show how people are born to fight, similar to machines. In addition, the title of the poem, War is Kind, is ironic as well, as war is NOT kind, and leaves "a field where a thousand corpses lie."
