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Read the excerpt (part) of the following poem. Then answer the adjoining questions. The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne

(1) Here, where the world is quiet;

(2) Here, where all trouble seems

(3) Dead winds and spent waves riot

(4) In doubtful dreams of dreams;

(5) I watch the green field growing

(6) For reaping folk and sowing,

(7) For harvest-time and mowing,

(8) A sleepy world of streams.

(9) I am tired of tears and laughter,

(10) And men that laugh and weep;

(11) Of what may come hereafter

(12)For men that sow to reap:

(13) I am weary of days and hours,

(14) Blown buds of barren flowers,

(15) Desires and dreams and powers

(16) And everything but sleep.

How does the imagery_in the first stanza affect the overall meaning of this part of the poem?

(1) Here, where the world is quiet;

(2) Here, where all trouble seems

(3) Dead winds' and spent waves' riot

(4) In doubtful dreams of dreams;

(5) I watch the green field growing

(6) For reaping folk and sowing,

(7) For harvest-time and mowing,

(8) A sleepy world of streams,

A. It paint a picture of a quiet and peaceful world before manking ruined it all.

B. The words create images of death and devastation.

C. The reader will imagine a dreamy world where people reside in a peaceful slumber.

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