Answer:
I would say that the sentence that best analyses the poets use of allusion in this passage from <em>The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock</em> is <em>A: The speakers refers to Michelangelo to show how people pretend to be who they're not so they can fit in.</em>
Explanation:
An allusion in literature occurs when the writer makes a reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance to try to explain better what he/she wants to express. In this case, the writer refers to Michelangelo in order to describe people who pretend to be -or to know- about cultural stuff. These people try to show themselves as experts in art by talking about Michelangelo just to fit in.
Answer:
C. The passing of Will's youth.
Explanation:
In the science-fictional work "Golden Year" Igor Teper tells the story of Will and his struggle with loneliness and growing old. The fictional story is set in an administered setting of a forest that Will's wife Alice had helped create.
The given excerpt from the story shows the scene where Will finally decided to venture into the forest and be among the trees and feel Alice. In comparing the wooden bark to his own <em>"age-mottled skin"</em>, Will's old age is emphasized. Though the trees were how they should be, in comparison, Will's skin had wrinkled and became old, <em>"decayed far from the man Alice had agreed to marry."
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Thus, this image of the bark emphasizes Will's passing youth.