Read these lines from the passage. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound.

How does the alliteration "shrunk shank" affect the meaning?

Because the phrase "shrunk shank" is difficult to pronounce smoothly, it reinforces the physical losses that occur at this stage of life.
The sound of the phrase "shrunk shank" reinforces the sense of urgency that occurs at this stage of life.
The phrase "shrunk shank" adds humor to the passage and emphasizes the many joys of this stage of life.
The phrase "shrunk shank" creates "sh" sounds, which mimic the soft tones of a person at this stage of life.

the black night was split open like the coconut

it says that it was totally black in the mind of a person but suddenly his mind opened like a coconut with the sweetness of the coconut water and the white color inside it.

or

the black night was thrown like a coconut and it slit apart with its sweet water coming out .

answer: life tends to copy things that already exists rather than taking old ides and making it into something new

explanation:

merry christmas to you, too. may god be with you all in doing your work and just living a great life in general! < 3

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.