Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you
As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; (lines 1–2)
What is the meter of lines 1–2?


u/ u/ u/ u/ u/
u/ u/ u/ u/ u/

u/ u/ u/ u/ //
u/ u/ u/ u/ //

/u u/ u/ u/ //
/u u/ u/ u/ u/

/u u/ u/ u/ u/
u/ u/ // u/ u/




I, like an usurp'd town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end. (lines 5–6)

What are some possible meanings for admit as it is used in the lines above? Select all that apply.

to allow to enter
to claim belief in
to work hard
to show allegiance to someone

Answer 1

I think its to allow hard work... correct me if i am wrong..

Answer 2

1. /u u/ u/ u/ u/, u/ u/ // u/ u/

D is the best option for this. One way to easily identify D as the best choice is line 2. The words knock, breathe, shine, seek are all one stressed syllable words (and is unstressed). This shows that you need an option that has 3 stressed syllables followed by an unstressed and stressed syllable.

2. to allow to enter, to claim belief in

In the lines the speaker is saying that he labors to admit the person he is speaking to. In this line labor means to work hard. This eliminates work hard as an option as a meaning for admit because you wouldn't write work hard twice in a row. It's also not to show allegiance - it doesn't fit. Admit does mean to admit. Unfortunately the speaker can't allow the person to enter. The other possible meaning is claim belief in because the speaker can work hard to claim belief in something but not be able to.