Read the excerpt from “a poem for my librarian, mrs. long.”
there was a bookstore uptown on gay street
which i visited and inhaled that wonderful odor
of new books
even today i read hardcover as a preference and paperback only
as a last resort
the implicit details in this excerpt show that the speaker
is puzzled by the unusual scent of new books.
still believes that the uptown bookstore is the best.
is sad that the uptown bookstore no longer exists.
still has a deep love of books and reading as an adult.

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next