The Wife of Bath begins her description of her two “bad” husbands. Her fourth husband, whom she married when still young, was a reveler, and he had a “paramour,” or mistress (454). Remembering her wild youth, she becomes wistful as she describes the dancing and singing in which she and her fourth husband used to indulge. Her nostalgia reminds her of how old she has become, but she says that she pays her loss of beauty no mind. She will try to be merry, for, though she has lost her “flour,” she will try to sell the “bran” that remains. Realizing that she has digressed, she returns to the story of her fourth husband. She confesses that she was his purgatory on Earth, always trying to make him jealous. He died while she was on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Answer:
Frank, you're wrong! x=x is a variable, where 12=12 is a specific number. x can represent any number, even 12. So Frank's answer is more general, whereas Sarah's answer is specific.
Explanation:
2(x+12)+6=3(x+6)+(12-x)
2x+24+6=3x+18+12-x
2x+30=2x+30
2x+30-30=2x+30-30
2x=2x
x=x, or...
2x-2x+30=2x-2x+30
30=30
This poem signifies the heart of america. though the “carols” whitman hears, he notices the people in the background that make america what it is. the laborers, the people who work hard to do a job people don’t think much about; but without them, america would not be what it is now. whitman is also saying how each and every person is connected, related through song, because no matter what you do or where you come from, song is universal. they are all singing to show that they are different, but unified. they are brought together by song. and with all these songs, comes the song of america. when whitman says “each singing what belongs to him or her and no one else,”' he means that every person is living their own life. every life converges to make the “varied carols” he hears when “america is singing.”
