Question

Read the passage. What is the meaning of the euphemism "I have been stilled”?

Answer 1

Answer:

If, when hearing that I have been stilled at last,   they stand at the door,

Watching the full-starred heavens that winter   sees,

Will this thought rise on those who will meet my   face no more,

“He was one who had an eye for such   mysteries”?

–“Afterwards,”

Thomas Hardy

Read the passage. What is the meaning of the euphemism "I have been stilled”?

I am speechless.

I have died.

I have been abandoned.

I am lonely.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is: I have died.

Explanation:

A euphemism is a word or a phrase that is substituted for a word or phrase that is considered to be too blunt or too straightforward when referring to something disturbing, sad, upsetting etc. 'I have been stilled' is a much gentler way of saying 'I have died'