What is the theme of this poem?
- <em>D. the impermanence of beauty</em>
<u>The</u><u> </u><u>poem</u><u> </u><u>is</u><u> </u><u>all</u><u> </u><u>about</u><u> </u><u>fleeting</u><u> </u><u>nature</u><u> </u><u>of</u><u> </u><u>beauty</u><u> </u><u>which</u><u> </u><u>means</u><u> </u><u>that</u><u> </u><u>short</u><u> </u><u>duration</u><u> </u><u>of</u><u> </u><u>beauty</u><u>,</u><u> </u><u>youth</u><u> </u><u>and</u><u> </u><u>life</u><u>.</u><u> </u><u>Poet</u><u> </u><u>is</u><u> </u><u>suggesting</u><u> </u><u>that</u><u> </u><u>nothing</u><u> </u><u>gold</u><u>,</u><u> </u><u>pure</u><u> </u><u>or</u><u> </u><u>precious</u><u> </u><u>can</u><u> </u><u>last</u><u> </u><u>forever</u><u>.</u><u> </u>
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8. B. An allegory
9. D. Representative
10. B. motif
11. A. Individuated (?)
13. D. Funny sidekick
16. B. Foreshadowing
17. C. anecdotes
18. D. motif is the correct answer. I'm not sure why you were given an incorrect.
19. D. "Paul's Case"