This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies, And Lads and Girls; Was laughter and ability and sighing, And frocks and curls. This passive place a Summer's nimble mansion, 5 Where Bloom and Bees Fulfilled their Oriental Circuit, Then ceased like these. The subject of the poem “Quiet” is Life and Death. Answer True False
Don't think so, but not 100% sure.
True. Imagine wingspaninson sitting in a graveyard while composing this poem and it becomes quite clear. Clues: This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies, And Lads and Girls; And frocks and curls. [This quiet Dust refers to the dust of the remains of buried men, women, and children.] This passive place a Summer's nimble mansion, Where Bloom and Bees Fulfilled their Oriental Circuit, Then ceased like these. [The bees and flowers live in this graveyard (Summer's mansion) and then die like those buried below.]
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