Select the key difference between a proper and common noun. common nouns are general; proper nouns are specific. common nouns are always capitalized; proper nouns are not. common nouns name people, places, or things; proper nouns name specific people places or things.

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.