Question

Read the quotation from "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty." "Great God, direct, and guard him from on high, And from his head let ev'ry evil fly!" How does the couplet form support the meaning of the lines? by completing the speaker's thought by emphasizing the relationship between the speaker and the king by describing the king's actions by expressing the speaker's sarcasm

Answer 1

Answer: I would contend that the right answer is actually the D) by expressing the speaker's sarcasm.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little bit on the answer, it can be added that by using a rhyming and concise couplet, the author, the brilliant African American poet Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), was able to very effectively call attention to her sarcastic words, which apparently attempt at praising, but were truly aimed at mocking, King George III, who was King of England during the American Revolution. This poem was, in fact, a harsh criticism of the monarch and the economic burden he imposed on the American colonies.