The phrase "lily of a man" as it is used in line 3 of Gary Soto's poem most closely means an anxious weakling, as is said in option C and explained below.
To find the answer, we used our knowledge of context clues.
<h3>What are context clues?</h3>
Context clues are any words or phrases that help us figure out the meaning or connotation of other words or phrases in the same context. Here, we need to understand the meaning of "lily of a man."
The context clues used for that is "A coward I am not," the phrase that comes immediately before "lily of a man." Since both phrases complete each other, we can assume they have similar meanings.
Therefore, we can safely conclude the speaker is saying that he is not an anxious weakling, not a coward. The best answer in this case is option C.
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Answer:
1)WORDSWORTH GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN 1791
2)HIS BROTHER JOHN WAS CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP EARL OF ABERGAVENNY WHICH SANK IN 1805
3)HE HAD A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SISTER DOROTHY WORDSWORTH
4)HE HAD A DAUGHTER WITH A FRENCH WOMAN NAMED ANNETTE VALLON
5)WORDSWORTH MARRIED HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND MARY HUTCHINSON IN 1802
6)A FRIEND’S LEGACY ALLOWED HIM TO PURSUE HIS POETIC CAREER
7)WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE LAUNCHED THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN LITERATURE
8)1797–1808 IS CONSIDERED WORDSWORTH’S GREAT DECADE
9)WORDSWORTH IS THE ONLY POET LAUREATE OF BRITAIN TO WRITE NO OFFICIAL VERSES
10)HIS MASTERPIECE THE PRELUDE WAS PUBLISHED THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH
These are the 10 facts.
Explanation:
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