Personification is a figure of speech, in which a thing, idea or animal is given human qualities and/or abilities. As a consequence, it created meaning in giving the non-human object “life” making us feeling that it has the ability of acting as a human being.
In these lines, the imagery of “time” is personified in such a way that it affects the poem because it (“time”) stands as a “thing” that has the ability of moving, changing (“turning”) and at the same it allows or gives birth to morning songs. (Perhaps it may also prohibit or become an obstacle for certain things).
ANSWER: The two lines that shows that Emperor Nero was ruthless are:
1. “Bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let Marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”
and
2. "I have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit."
These were the two lines from the excerpt which states the ruthlessness of Emperor Nero. He wanted to kill the man because he became more popular than him amongst the common people. Emperor Nero could not bear this popularity which is why he wanted to burn the village down to make his presence remembered.
Answer:
Knowledge is gained by risks.
Knowledge is quick but risky.
Explanation:
The passage is taken from "By the waters of Babylon" which is a short story written by Stephen Vincent Benet in 1937. The theme of the story is that people hunt for their food and bows their priest. The knowledge in the world is gained by taking risks. Knowledge can be attained too fast but reliability is questioned. It is better to gain knowledge little by little and slowly to absorb the truth of knowledge and process the data in the brain.