How does the second stanza of "Auspex" tie the first and third stanzas together? • It prepares the reader for the seriousness that only appears in the third stanza.
® It offers a counterclaim to the first stanza, which is then rejected in the third stanza.
• It offers a break in thought from the subject matter of the first and third stanzas.
O It resolves the crucial problem that is raised in the first and third stanzas.

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.