Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales. "but, sirs, it is not courteous of you to speak so roughly to an old man, who has not offended you by word or deed. it’s there in holy writ for you to read: "thou shalt rise up before the hoary head of an old man"—and therefore do no harm, i warn you, to an old man while you’re young, any more than you’d like to have it done to you in old age, should you live so long. now god be with you! i go where i must go." how is the old man characterized in this excerpt? as an adventurer eager to join the youth

as a sage counselor reproving the youth

Explanation:

In this excerpt, the old man shows outrage at youth's attitudes toward his elders. The old man believes that young people are disrespectful, inconsequential, impatient, and do not value the word of their elders, but rather reprove and close their ears and their memtes for the advice of the wisest. The old man states that young people have forgotten that one day they will be old and so should treat their elders the way they would like to be treated in the future. In short, the old man is described as a wise counselor who reproves youth.

c. "but thy eternal summer shall not fade" (line 9)