Question

In stanza 179 (CLXXIX), to what does the speaker compare a drop of rain?
a.
A single day
c.
The sea of humanity
b.
A person drowning
d.
The world in miniature

From Poem She Walks In Beauty, from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IV

Answer 1

In stanza 179 (CLXXIX), to what does the speaker compare a drop of rain?

b.

A person drowning

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Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is A person drowning.

Explanation:

This stanza is taken from Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. The stanza 179 is referenced by Austen in chapter 12 of Persuasion. As an example taken from this stanza we could read the following: "A shadow of man's ravage, save his own,

When, for a moment, like a drop of rain,

He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan,".

It is noticeable that the part that says: "He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan," makes a clear reference of someone that is drowning.