He says "but my late spring no bud no blossom" so i assume fall/winter
Author's purpose description of the beauty of the combs is the author is emphasizing the sense of loss that della must feel when she realizes she can't use them
Answer: Empty love!
Explanation:
This is characterized by commitment without passion or intimacy.
Most times, string love deterioriates into empty love. So they sill no longer have what they use to have, it would just become a distant memory.
it is a phrase becuase a phrase is a group of words that may contain either a subject or a verb but not both and the sentence "swimming laps at the pool" only contians a subject becuase, who is swimming laps at the pool?