He asked me what were the usual causes or motives that made one country go to war with another. i answered, they were innumerable; but i should only mention a few of the chief. . difference in opinions has cost many millions of lives: for instance . . whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire; what is the best color for a coat, whether black, white, red, or gray; and whether it should be long or short, narrow or wide, dirty or clean . .

which description applies best to what swift is satirizing in the passage above?

the methods people use to build fires
the number of different clothing colors
the leaders’ senseless motives for engaging in war
the number of people who are killed in wars each year

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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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