Question

What words or phrases in this excerpt from "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant best help to reveal the meaning of the word blight as it is used in the poem?She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness,ere he is aware.Whenthoughts
Of the last bitter hour come likea blight
Over thyspirit,and sad images
Of thestern agony, and shroud, and pall.
Andbreathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart--
Go forth, under

Answer 1

A. healing sympathy
B. sharpness
C. spirit
D. stern agony, and shroud, and pall
E. Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart
F. under the open sky

Answer 2

@shades103

Answer 3

@RCCB

Answer 4

You have to pick more than one

Answer 5

@Tamara7301 @BelleCarroll1996 @ChantySquirrel1129**

Answer 6

sorry im lost

Answer 7

i picked 3

Answer 8

D and E, Definetly.

Answer 9

I just have to get this right or else i won't pass. 3:

Answer 10

@Abstract_Undercover

Answer 11

The definition of Blight as I recall it is to suffer over some event or wrong or be affected by something that has happened. The poem is about a man who is thinking about a woman, and it is causing him blight, as seen in the poem. D and E are the only two (and you said pick more than one) that actually express any "blight" in the excerpt at all. I am not wrong, it is D and E.