Which of the following sentences goes best at the beginning of the paragraph? A. Staying neutral was very difficult, however, because of America's close relationship with Great Britain. B. The Germans brutally announced that they would sink any enemy ship without giving a warning. C. World War I lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved several countries from around the world. D. At one point, Americans believed that getting caught up in a European war would not be beneficial.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief