Question

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Which is the best summary of this stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"?

Answer 1

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Hearts beat in time to funeral marches.

Our hearts beat like drums.

Many things take a long time.

Each day we move closer to death.

Answer:

Each day we move closer to death.

Explanation:

The verse of "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow shows that our life is finite and that each day lived is one day less, because although we make art, we get emotional, we do fun things that fill our hearts with joy and happiness , each beat of our heart is one beat less in the time that we are left alive, leaving us closer and closer to death.

This is very evident in the line "[Our hearts] are beating Funeral marches to the grave."