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Subject-verb agreement is a term from linguistics, referring to the fact that the subject and verb must agree in number. Both the subject and verb need to be singular or plural.

The given sentence is an example of a tricky agreement problem, as determining the right number of the verb may be difficult when two subjects are connected by neither-nor or either-or. The number of the verb depends on the noun closest to it. If the noun is plural, the plural form of the verb should be used. The verb is in the singular form if the noun closest to it is singular. That is why the sentence should say Neither cereals nor eggs appeal to me for breakfast. The verb in singular form should be used in sentences such as Neither eggs nor bacon appeals to me for breakfast.

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3 years ago

In at least one hundred words, explain how Coleridge’s “Work Without Hope” relates to Nectar in a Sieve

kodGreya [7K]

ALL Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—
The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing—
And Winter, slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.

Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow,
Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.
Bloom, O ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may,
For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
With lips unbrighten'd, wreathless brow, I stroll:
And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul?
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.

The poem is an unconventional sonnet; it develops a main idea in the first twelve lines, and is capped by a big thought in the final couplet. The poem follows a narrator describing the industriousness of nature’s creatures, preparing for the coming spring. All of Creation is at work, but the speaker is sullen as the only creature he can see who finds himself without an occupation.

He notes that while he is a part of Nature, the world does not work for him. For example, it is not for him that the amaranths (flowers) bloom, and he watches as the richness of Nature escapes from him in the streams. In the final couplet the speaker sums up his despair and explains the ultimate reason for his listlessness: he cannot work as he has no hope. He has nothing to hope for, and so he has no life to speak of. He is an observer, not a participant, in the wealth of the natural world, and as he does not partake in it, he does not receive its bounty.

Markandaya uses this poem’s final couplet as an epigraph to hint that the problem described in the poem will be a central issue in the novel. Our characters here are awed by the beauty and richness of nature, but they do not always receive happiness from it. Their work is never-ending. Unlike the poem’s speaker, however, the characters in Nectar in a Sieve are constantly at work, but their work only provides enough to survive and not to celebrate. We learn throughout the novel that survival itself is never a certainty.

Markandaya’s use of the poem in Nectar in a Sieve is ambiguous. The epigraph puts forth, but does not answer, the question of whether the characters actually have hope. The preceding parts of the poem – which Markandaya deliberately leaves out – make it clear that Coleridge’s speaker is hopeless. Markandaya, however, gives no such certainty about her characters. Ruku, Nathan, and the others might have an object for their hope, and their work might not be in vain. If they work in vain, then their doom is certain; if they work towards survival or spiritual redemption, then their efforts become meaningful.

Thus the epigraph captures the central tension of the book: the beginning and end of the book never explicitly tell us whether Rukmani and her family suffer in vain. The characters of the book identify with the idea that work without hope is like nectar draining from a sieve. It is up to the reader, though, to decide whether these characters are actually working without hope. If the characters are buoyed by their hope and work, they may get to enjoy the nectar of life before it slips away.

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3 years ago

read the following excerpt from robert louis stevenson's essay in the art of writing and find the correct answer:use context clu

kicyunya [14]

The message the author is trying to convey with the word in bold is The author thinks analyzing literature can be compared to taking apart a painting or a machine to pieces.

This is because, from the complete text, it is the belief of the author that the analysis of literature can be compared to taking apart a painting or a machine into pieces that were funny to the readers.

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What is a Narration?</h3>

This refers to the storytelling that is used to advance a plot through the words of a narrator.

Hence, we can see that The message the author is trying to convey with the word in bold is The author thinks analyzing literature can be compared to taking apart a painting or a machine to pieces.

This is because, from the complete text, it is the belief of the author that the analysis of literature can be compared to taking apart a painting or a machine into pieces that were funny to the readers.