Well, basically the poem was about how the author asked what happened when a dream is interrupted, or 'deferred'. the author keeps saying, "does it...."
one question- did you read the poem yet?
Tantalus was one of the sons of Zeus with a nymbh, which was condemned to an eternal punishment, bound to Tartarus (the divine prison in the Underworld), for several crimes he had commit, among which, revealing forbidden secrets from the Heavens to the humans (as similary did Prometheus) and stealing the food beverage of the Gods (respectively nectar and ambrosia). Before being punished however, he was king of Sipylus in Lydia, and was admitted in the table of the Gods, even though he was not one himself. Therefore being able to enjoy the pleasure usually only did by the Gods.
Answer: breaking the bill = giving change
common clay = ordinary man
trifle = small amount
larks = tricks
Explanation: In this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note", the tiles and the boxes to form correct pairs are matched above. In this short story, Henry presents the £1,000,000 Bank-Note to the man who has served him in the restaurant. This man cannot believe his eyes because there are only two £1,000,000 Bank-Notes and one has already been used. He thinks that an ordinary man cannot handle such a bill and doesn't give change to Henry saying that that small amount can be left for some other time. The man supposes that being dressed as a homeless is because he is playing tricks on people.
If this is a true/false question, I'd say true