4. Explain the symbolism of the blue sky, both in her reminiscence as a young girl, and now, as she looks out the window.

Hope

Explanation:

The symbolism of the blue sky which occur both in her reminiscence as a young girl, and now, as she looks out the window symbolize hope.

The blue sky appear just after Mrs. Mallard was told about the death of her husband, This simply symbolize hope in her new situation.

Mrs. Mallard who had longed for her life to end, thinking there wouldn't be any improvement but limitations. Now that end seems full of hope.

Mrs. Mallard has lived for several years under the same gloom of monotony, hoping that life will improve for better. The clouds begin to break just as Mrs. Mallard's situation changes, symbolizing the hope she feels for brighter days ahead.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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