Question

What conclusion can you draw from the details in these lines from "Life"? Life is but a toy that swings on a bright gold chain / Ticking but for a little while A. The speaker thinks that life is a toy. B. The speaker thinks that life is short. C. The speaker is a toy maker. D. The speaker has a watch that ticks.

Answer 1

The answer is: B. The speaker thinks that life is short.

In the lines from the poem "Life," the author Naomi Long Madgett suggests the toy represents life. Because it tickles "for a little while," it can be deduced that the writer considers that life is very short. Actually, in the following lines, she conveys that life is entertaining for a child, but that a very old man gets tired of it.