ShmoopTube

00:00

Sorry Okay AP English people were still in this excellent

00:06

poem Which of the following best describes the effect of

00:16

the personification used in lines ten through thirteen ten to

00:20

fifteen months Just stare at them A moment of love

00:23

of love about Okay Well throughout the poem the narrator's

00:26

talking about love's death So the key line here is

00:30

he left us He would not stay That's not how

00:34

we usually talk about death that someone would not stay

00:37

Usually it's like Well he really super did not want

00:41

to die but then it happened anyway He shouldn't have

00:44

been texting while driving Yeah so this line suggests a

00:47

certain level of willingness there So it's see it suggests

00:51

that love is choosing to die you know very dark

00:54

So it see The unusual phrasing implies that Love's death

00:58

might have been somewhat voluntary which means it wasn't well

01:01

entirely inevitable Get rid of A That information may be

01:05

surprising but isn't contradictory like me would have you do

01:08

because the narrator never declares the opposite And it doesn't

01:12

alter the narrator's perception like D would have you be

01:15

because he doesn't give a clear perception to begin with

01:19

right Well these lines definitely contrast to seasons like B

01:22

would have you d'Oh But that doesn't best describe the

01:25

effect of the personification So that's it The answer is 00:01:28.23 --> [endTime] C Oh

Full Transcript