Question

Through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread!
But the west glories in the deepest red:

What is Wheatley describing in this couplet?

A. blood shed in war
B. the setting of the sun
C. her view of the afterlife
D. the advance of the British troops
Its B

Answer 1

I belive the answer is b

Answer 2

Answer:

Hi!

The answer to this question is option B, the setting of the sun.

Explanation:

This is a bit tricky but there are a few key rods in the couplet.

For instance, heaven, dies, and spreads. The word die might make it easy to believe this passage is talking about a person's death, but the word die with heaven and spread gives us a picture that this is something that ceases to exist but you can still see spread along the sky (heaven).

Finally, the word west in the las passage gives us the last key. The sun sets on the west. All of this together points that this couplet is talking about a sunset.