Refrain is in a song not a poem so C. Refrain.
Indoor Plumbing.
Primarily, it has provided a greater level of sanitation in modern life. The use of running water to wash your hands and bathe reduces the likelihood of spreading germs and bacteria. The ability to cleanly remove waste away from heavily populated areas allows for cleaner air, thus, fewer respiratory related illnesses. Ultimately, it has propelled civilizations towards the better quality of life that we enjoy today.
Answer: Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows;
for my purpose To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.
One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Explanation:
In the first line the author exhorts his friends to search a new world.
Ulysses exhorts his sailors to set sail; the phrase "smite / the sounding furrows" compares the act of rowing to beating or striking something; beating something that makes a sound is here a metaphor for rowing. ... "Beyond the sunset" is a metaphor.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Ulysses yet again tells us that even though he and his sailors are not young and don't have a lot of stamina, there's enough left to go for a while. "Abides" is a word that means "remains."
