Which of the following phrases best summarizes the idea of carpe diem? a. live life to the fullest. c. love from afar. b. hope for the unattainable. d. take what does not belong to you.

a. Live life to the fullest.

Explanation:

“Carpe Diem” is a Latin phrase that has been widely translated as to “seize the day,” and interpreted as a phrase that encourages to enjoy of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future, and to live life to the fullest. It was taken from a poem in Odes Book I written by the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC – 8 BC), also known as Horace, in the following lines:

Dum loquimur, fugerit invida

Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

which can be translated as the following:

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future.

appeal to ethos is your answer.

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.

- i.a -