<span>Here is the matched definition of the following words:
1. ambassadorial- The other meaning is d. diplomatic
2. asperity- The other meaning is a. roughness
3. fawning- The other meaning is b. flattering
4. skirling- The other meaning is e. making a shrill sound
5. tamped - The other meaning is c. packed tightly
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Answer:
C. Because he now had to repair the nation.
Explanation:
<em>When the Civil War drew to a close President Lincoln changed his rhetoric as he now needed to prepare for repairing the nation after the devastation of the Civil War. He now had to repair the nation after being re-elected. </em>
The correct answer is the second one “an absence of love or passion.” In the poem, the general intention of the author is to describe his feelings about the love/passion that it is leaving his life. The sentence “dead leaves and snow”, is the way in which he introduces the absence feeling that he is going through. The birds, as well as the leaves of the tree, are metaphors of love, which are abandoning the tree (his life).
