Read the excerpt from princess ida by gilbert and sullivan.

women of adamant, fair neophytes—
who thirst for such instruction as we give,
attend, while i unfold a parable.
the elephant is mightier than man,
yet man subdues him. why? the elephant
is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping her forehead)
and man, whose brain is to the elephant’s
as woman’s brain to man’s—(that’s rule of
conquers the foolish giant of the woods,
as woman, in her turn, shall conquer man.

this excerpt is an example of
blank verse.
free verse.
heroic couplet.
common meter.

How does the poem "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson convey the position of victorian women? a curse is on her if she stay to look down to camelot. she knows not what the curse may be, and so she weaveth steadily, and little other care hath she, the lady of shalott. and moving thro' a mirror clear that hangs before her all the year, shadows of the world appear. there she sees the highway near winding down to camelot: there the river eddy whirls, and there the surly village churls, and the red cloaks of market girls, pass onward from shalott. a. most victorian women were restricted to their homes. b. victorian women were confined to domestic duties. c. most victorian women worked hard but were often bored. d. victorian women employed themselves by weaving.