Discuss some of the specific phrases that reveal Editha's indebtedness to a romantic and sentimental worldview, such as "He was very nearly perfect as he was, and he must be
allowed to perfect himself." (353) and, "I am yours, for time and eternity—time and
eternity. She liked the words; they satisfied her famine for phrases" (359). What other
phrases in the text identify Editha as an unrealistic spectator of the world around her? (A
particularly good passage to look at is Editha's quoting of a pair of lines from Richard
Lovelace's seventeenth-century poem "Lucasta Going to the Wars": "I could not love
thee, dear, so much./ Loved I not honor more” [356].)

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.