Look at the surrounding context.
For example
Jeremy was so ecstatic that he had made friends, that he began jumping up and down.
To figure out the meaning of ecstatic, you would think about the clues: 'made friends' and 'jumping up and down'. These both lead you to the idea of being very happy or excited. The actual definition is feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement...
Totally a glove! The fingers point the way, gloves don't move easily when blown by the wind, the two skins are the glove skin and the person's skin.
I believe the answer is A, Both poems explore the idea of pursuing new experiences.
The reason behind that, is simple. In the first poem, you can see that "The Lady of Shalott" had seen a boat, and went along the path which took her. In the second excerpt, there are interactions between the two, which lead them on a "broad steam".
I hope that I helped :)
The central belief of Puritanism was that people should live their lives according to the laws of God,in particular as laid down in the Old Testament.<span>
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The answer is b because it compares the feeling of the potting mix to a wrung out something.
