Read these lines from chaucer's "the monk's tale": fortune ever fair kissed him and with such a lecherous affection [holofernes] lost his head before he was aware. what is the meaning of the figurative language in these lines? a. holofernes paid for his affairs and scandals. b. death struck holofernes when he least expected. c. holofernes was lucky, but his luck didn't last. d. the beauty of holofernes masked his inner sin.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief