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Exercise 1

1. The poem is addressed to Death.
2. The introductory statement says the death invites Death to be proud; she isn't powerful and terrible so the poet conveys a different consideration of death.
3. The final statement says the death doesn't exsist more and it will die: as a matter of fact the poet believes in the life after death dealing with the Christian idea of death.

Exercise 2

•1.       death falsely believes that it can kill people - line 3,4

•2.      the best of human kind desire death - line 6,7

•3.      death is pleasurable experience, not a painful one - line 8

•4.      death has repulsive companions - line 10

•5.      sleeping potions can make people sleep better than death - line 11

•6.      death has no control over events and people - line 12

•7.      christians are promised eternal life - line 13

I think arguments 3 and 4 could be accepted in different ways: as a matter of fact death could be considered a relief but it also could cause pain.

Exercise 3

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Exercise pg. 118

1. The speaking voice is a man who speaks to his lover.
2. The woman cries because the man is leaving her.
3. The word rhyming with "skill" is "will" are used tho justify the adjective "wicked".
4. The man fears the woman's judgement. Fears can vanish with the passing of time but guilty can last forever.
5. The man fears his picture that looks in the woman's eyes
6. People won't die.
7. The best men go with Death.
8. After a short sleep, there is the resurrection and people live forever.