What literary work and author is represented here? Who is sp…
What literary work and author is represented here? Who is speaking? What theme is this passage addressing, and what is the perspective or viewpoint on that theme? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—“ (for, you see, _______ had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance, but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” ( _____ had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but she thought they were nice grand words to say.)
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Identify this quote and explain how it fits into the plot and theme that unfolds in the poem. It little profits that an idle king,By this still hearth, among these barren crags,Matched with an aged wife, I mete out and doleUnequal laws unto a savage race,That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
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