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Description:
In lines 7-10 ("His helmet now...his alms"), the narrator draws attention to
Transcript
- 00:00
No Okay More AP English for you Here we go
- 00:07
In line seven through ten His helmet now blab Blab
- 00:12
The narrator draws attention to what starts Let's go back
- 00:15
and read seven through ten again Creepy voice is helmet
- 00:19
now shall make a hive for bees and lovers Sohn
Full Transcript
- 00:22
It's turned to holy songs A man at arms must
- 00:25
now serve on his knees get it and feed on
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prayers Which our age his alms That means well think
- 00:34
about it The dude is getting older His hair is
- 00:40
silver turned from the swiftness of time passing Been there
- 00:44
done that Just glad I still have air As a
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result his life has changed He uses his helmet to
- 00:49
raise bees instead of wearing it in case well say
- 00:52
someone hits him with a sword Yeah he's no longer
- 00:55
wooing a lover and his instead while saying his prayers
- 00:58
So the answer here is See the ways the poems
- 01:01
subject has changed over time You have been there done
- 01:04
that well Loser bowl The narrator does not suggest that
- 01:07
the subject has lost anything Get rid of a just
- 01:10
that things are different He still has his helmet but
- 01:12
now it's used for raising bees Instead of becoming less
- 01:15
spiritually get rid of B he's actually become more spiritually
- 01:18
right The sun it's turned to holy Psalms He isn't
- 01:21
disillusioned because he still sings for the protection of the
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queen So get rid of DEA Yeah Long live the
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queen And the narrator writes that beauty is a flower
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that eventually fades Meaning it's okay That subject isn't beautiful
- 01:34
anymore Get rid of E and yeah we don't wear 00:01:37.29 --> [endTime] a Speedo anymore for a very good reason
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