Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud.

the sounds are fading

the sounds are fading

The sounds are fading.

Explanation:

In both excerpts, the phrase "dying fall" refers to sounds that are fading. In the first examples, Shakespeare states that the strain has a "dying fall." In the second excerpt, Eliot states that the voices have a "dying fall." In both cases, the authors describe the sounds as "dying" and "falling" in order to indicate that they are losing intensity.

The sounds are fading.

Explanation:

In both excerpts, the phrase "dying fall" refers to sounds that are fading. In the first examples, Shakespeare states that the strain has a "dying fall." In the second excerpt, Eliot states that the voices have a "dying fall." In both cases, the authors describe the sounds as "dying" and "falling" in order to indicate that they are losing intensity.

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.