Which of these excerpts from poems by emily dickinson uses irony? my cocoon tightens, colors tease, i'm feeling for the air; a dim capacity for wings degrades the dress i wear. could she have guessed that it would be; could but a crier of the glee have climbed the distant hill; had not the bliss so slow a pace, — who knows but this surrendered face were undefeated still? one dignity delays for all, one mitred afternoon. none can avoid this purple, none evade this crown. there's a certain slant of light, on winter afternoons, that oppresses, like the weight of cathedral tunes. heavenly hurt it gives us; we can find no scar, but internal difference where the meanings are. exultation is the going of an inland soul to sea, — past the houses, past the headlands, into deep eternity!

well In my opinion, the whole poem is quite ironic - although she is mentioning the exultation and the royal color of death, the poem itself begins with the narrator saying that she cannot breathe - that she doesn't want to die.

So, I would say that the ironic parts are: 

Exultation is the going

Of an inland soul to sea, -

Past the houses, past the headlands,

Into deep eternity

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

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