“i hail from crete's broad land, i'm proud to say, and i am a rich man's son. and many other sons he brought up in this palace, born in wedlock, sprung of his lawful wife. unlike my mother. she was a slave, a concubine he'd purchased, yes, but he treated me on par with all his true-born sons – castor, hylax's son…” this is an example of which epic convention? a. lengthy speech b. digression c. epic simile d. divine intervention i know it is either a or !

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