Question

Read the following poem and answer the question that follows. Passage: from "Smoking Spiritualized" by Ralph Erskine The pipe so lily-like and weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak. Thou art ev'n such, Gone with a touch. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when the smoke ascends1 on high, Then thou behold'st the vanity2 Of worldly stuff, Gone with a puff. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when the pipe grows foul within, Think on thy soul defil'd3 with sin; For then the fire, It does require. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And seest the ashes cast away; Then to thyself thou mayest say That to the dust Return thou must. Thus think, and smoke tobacco.

1climbs
2pride
3ruined

what his the authors message in the first stanza?

A) hold on tight to worldly possessions.
B) life is weak and friagile state
C) smoking tobacco makes you think

Answer 1

smoking tobacco makes you think

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Life is weak and friagile state, is the authors message in the first stanza because he makes reference to the lily-like of the pipe which is weak. Also it means that the mortal state of a person and once the hit the tobacco it makes them become alive.