Answer:
The answer of question is imagery
A sestina poem is a verse form in which the poem consists of six stanzas of six lines each, which are followed by a 3-line envoi. So that gives a total of 39 lines.
Question: A sestina poem contains a total of _____.
Answer: D. thirty-nine lines
Aphorism is an original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought while allegory is the representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
Thomas Eliot works multiple themes in the poem, however in general, his usage of imagery mainly represents ageing and decay. In the lines "When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table", the phrases like "sawdust restaurants" and "cheap hotels," the yellow fog, and the afternoon "Asleep...tired... or it malingers", represent decay. The character's concerns about his hair and teeth which is mentioned in the lines "Combing the white hair of the waves blown back / When the wind blows the water white and black," show the problems about aging.
