<span>Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the </span><span>discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today.
</span> Europe was mired in a centuries-long dark age before a king named Charlemagne came along and turned on the light switch.
By encouraging arts, culture and education, the 8th-century Frankish king – who would eventually become the first Holy Roman Emperor – tugged the continent out of cultural stagnation that threatened to never end.
Both a fierce warrior and in many ways the first Renaissance man, Charlemagne's achievements on the battlefield and in his laws led to the first notion of a pan-European identity.
Answer:
D The light shines and then disappears.
Explanation:
In the poem "On the Shore" by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, the metaphorical meaning of line 9 is 'the light shines and then disappears.' The poet says that though the light emitted from the lighthouse can be seen from afar, it only lasts for a while.
Through "A moment of bloom, and then it dies ", she says that the light at first shines and blooms like a rose with full vibrant and energy. However, it soon fades away slowly by dawn when the morning light rises from the horizon.
This is why the poet says that light of the lighthouse is short-lived and only comes with its full glory during the night time.
