Read this excerpt from “You are Old, Father William” by Lewis Carroll. What is the subject of the excerpt?
“You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—
What made you so awfully clever?”
A.
how humans see
B.
features of the face
C.
age differences
D.
sarcastic humor