Question

The three stanzas differ in that _____.

• A. The first is directed at nature, the second at the soul, and the third at angels
• B. The first speaks of dying, the second speaks of the loss of sense, and the third speaks of life after death
• C. The first stanza describes death as purely painful, the second describes the loss of sense, and the third describes angels
• D. The speaker of the first stanza is mortal, the speaker of the second is angelic, and the speaker of the third is death
• E. The first stanza welcomes death, the second stanza taunts it, and the third stanza reluctantly accepts it

Answer 1

The correct option is B The first speaks of dying, the second speaks of the loss of sense, and the third speaks of life after death

Here, the first stanza talks about dying- the poet's longing for it:

"O the pain, the bliss of dying!"

The second stanza has a sense of loss to it:

"Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife,/ And let me languish into life "

And the third stanza talks about a life after death, an afterlife:

"The world recedes; it disappears!/ Heav'n opens on my eyes!"

In this manner the three stanzas differ from each other. So, option B is the correct answer.