The Iliad begins with a prayer to the muse. (The muse was one of the nine goddesses who were patronesses of the arts. The muse of epic poetry was Calliope.) All classical epics begin with such an invocation to the muse. What does Homer ask the muse to inspire him to sing about

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If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts

What important connection dose henry wadsworth longfellow establish in this introduction