The poet uses the phrases "sinful earth," "outward walls," and "fading mansion" to signify the speaker’s physical body. what message does the use of such figurative language bring out?

poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,
these rebel powers that thee array,
why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
why so large cost, having so short a lease,
dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?

a.
the diseases of the physical body reflect the suffering of the soul.
b.
the sins committed by the speaker have condemned him.
c.
the speaker’s death is a result of his soul’s sinful nature.
d.
the physical body is beautified at the cost of the soul’s neglect.

The correct answer is option D ("The physical body is beautified at the cost of the soul's neglect").

The figurative language in this poem serves to contrast the physical, ephemeral existence of the body in opposition to the transcendent and therefore most important nature of the soul. The author likens the body to a building that the soul inhabits for only a little while in the grand scheme of things. Then he goes on to question the futility of the efforts we make in order to appear beautiful in the outside, at the expense of our actual soul's well being inside of us.

This idea is perhaps best illustrated on the following lines: "Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth; Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?; Why so large cost, havins so short a lease".

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explanation:

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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