Answer:
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Explanation:
What is a recurring concept in this excerpt is E. the thirst for knowledge and new experiences.
As you can see in this excerpt, the narrator says that even though he has attained a lot of experience throughout his life, whenever he thinks about 'tat untravell'd world,' he gets a desire to move again and explore more. He thinks that there is so much that he hasn't seen yet, and with his life slowly withering away, he wants to make use of that little time he has left to learn and explore more.
A Gerund/ Gerund Phrase is a verb form that acts like a noun and ALWAYS ends in -ing. Hint: Replace the gerund with "this thing," or, "that thing" to test your answer.
A participle / participle phrase is a verb that functions in a sentence as an adjective. It described nouns and pronouns.
Present -> ends in -ing
Past -> ends in - ed
Irregular -> various endings
Infinitive / infinitive phrases is a verb form preceded by the word "to"
Don't confuse with the preposition "to"
Infinitive = to + verb
Preposition = to + noun or pronoun
sometimes the "to" is dropped.
I hope this helped. Of course, this is the 11th-grade versions of English. Also, if you have any other questions let me know :)
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