Question 11 of 20 Which detail from The Odyssey best shows that Odysseus can be vain?
A. He calls his name to the Cyclops even after his men beg him to
stay silent
B. He grabs a long pole to push his ship away from the monster's
shore.
C. He wants to honor the men who fell in battle against enemies like
the Cyclops.
D. He says that there is no sweeter sight than a man's own native
country.

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