Read the excerpt from David Crockett: His Life and Adventures by John S. C. Abbott.
The table was often a large slab of timber, hewn out
with a broad-axe, and supported by four stakes driven
into auger-holes. The table furniture consisted of a few
pewter dishes, with wooden plates and bowls. There
were generally a few pewter spoons, much battered
about the edges, but most of the spoons were of horn,
homemade. Crockery, so easily broken, was almost
unknown. Table knives were seldom seen. The
deficiency was made up by the hunting-knives which all
the men carried in sheaths attached to their hunting-
shirts
What does the setting in this excerpt reveal about the
culture of its people?
the beauty of frontier homes
the importance of manners
a lack of sophistication
O a love for family traditions

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

1: indirect

2: indirect

3: direct

4: indirect

5: direct

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