9. What is a linking verb?
a word that tells what someone or something is doing
a word that is added to another verb to make a verb phrase
a word that describes a person, place, or thing
a word that helps one word in a sentence name or describe another word in the sentence

A word that helps one word in a sentence name or describe another word in the sentence.

Explanation:

Linking verbs serve two purposes. First, they serve to help rename or re-identify the subject. For example,

He is a musician.  

The linking verb is connects the subject he with the noun musician. In other words, the linking verb is helps one word in a sentence (musician) rename  another word in the sentence (he).

Second, linking verbs serve to help describe the subject. For example,

They are huge.

The linking verb are connects the subject they with the adjective huge. In other words, the linking verb are helps one word in a sentence (huge)  describe another word in the sentence (they).

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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