Question

And would it have been worth it, after all,

After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"-
If one, settling a pillow by her head,
Should say: "That is not what I meant at all;
That is not it, at all."
Which sentence best analyzes the poet's use of allusion in this passage?

Answer 1

the three lines from the second line describes an allusion

Step-by-step explanation:

my reason being that allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference or can also be defined when a piece of writing tries to hint at a person, place, thing, literature, or art. An allusion is when we hint at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing.

though I've not read the poem but I can understand that the poet used the pots marmalade the tea, amongs the proclain, to describe people who will talk about him and the person he is addressing.