The oversized trophies create irony because readers expect that they are for winning , not participation.
According to Aristotle, there are three categories of ethos:
1. phronesis – practical skills & wisdom
2. arete – virtue, goodness
3. eunoia – goodwill towards the audience
A is correct
B is the Past Continuous Tense
C is the Future Tense
D is the Simple Present Tense
The symbolic meaning of gold in the poem is best described by option C. The wonderful things in life that do not last.
In the poem, gold is used to describe the transition of nature from one state to another. Everything that is colored gold does not last long, that is why it is said that nothing gold can stay. Here, we get the idea that we should get the most of these valuable "things" before they are no longer there.
