Question

“Now she’s has been dead nearly as many years

As that girl lived. And of this circumstance

There is nothing to say at all,

Its silence silences.”
Q15)"This circumstance" here refers to.. *
1 point
the beach holiday
the loss of time
the death of Betty and Dolly
the pain and void due to the Poet's mother's death
Q16)" There is nothing to say at all". Which of the following best explain the meaning of this line? *
1 point
the poet does not want to talk about her sense of loss
there is no one the poet can share her grief with
the poet's sense of loss is too deep to express
it is futile to discuss one's grief
Q17) The expression "silence silences' is an example of which of the following? *
1 point
metaphor
assonance
oxymoron
alliteration
Q18) The last line brings out.. *
1 point
the inevitability of death
the futility of life
the poet's sense of loss and helplessness.
the silent and still atmosphere on the sea shore

Answer 1

the death of Betty and Dolly

the poet's sense of loss is too deep to express

alliteration

the poet's sense of loss and helplessness

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given excerpt, the emotions are one's of tragedy and sorrow at the deaths of Betty and Dolly.

The narrator even describes the pain and sense of loss as too painful that he had "nothing to say at all".

There is the use of alliteration with the expression "the silence silences"