Question

PLEASE HELP FAST 20 PTS

Read the poem.

"Ashes of Life" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike;
Eat I must, and sleep I will, — and would that night were here!
But ah! — to lie awake and hear the slow hours strike!
Would that it were day again! — with twilight near!

Love has gone and left me and I don't know what to do;
This or that or what you will is all the same to me;
But all the things that I begin I leave before I'm through, —
There's little use in anything as far as I can see.

Love has gone and left me, — and the neighbors knock and borrow,
And life goes on forever like the gnawing of a mouse, —
And to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow
There's this little street and this little house.

Which statement best describes the speaker in the poem?
Responses

a.She is filled with anger over the loss of love in her life.

b.She goes from sad to hopeful over the course of the poem.


c.She manages to find strength and comfort in the support of others.

d.She is despondent and views life as monotonous and joyless.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

d. She is despondent and views life as monotonous and joyless.

The speaker in the poem expresses a deep sense of loss and hopelessness after love has gone. She feels indifferent to everything around her, finds no pleasure or purpose in any activity, and perceives life as an endless, joyless routine ("life goes on forever like the gnawing of a mouse"). The tone of the poem is consistently melancholic and resigned, indicating the speaker's despondency.