The poet uses the phrases "sinful earth," "outward walls," and "fading mansion" to signify the speaker’s physical body. what message does the use of such figurative language bring out?

poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,
these rebel powers that thee array,
why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
why so large cost, having so short a lease,
dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?

a.
the diseases of the physical body reflect the suffering of the soul.
b.
the sins committed by the speaker have condemned him.
c.
the speaker’s death is a result of his soul’s sinful nature.
d.
the physical body is beautified at the cost of the soul’s neglect.

The correct answer is option D ("The physical body is beautified at the cost of the soul's neglect").

The figurative language in this poem serves to contrast the physical, ephemeral existence of the body in opposition to the transcendent and therefore most important nature of the soul. The author likens the body to a building that the soul inhabits for only a little while in the grand scheme of things. Then he goes on to question the futility of the efforts we make in order to appear beautiful in the outside, at the expense of our actual soul's well being inside of us.

This idea is perhaps best illustrated on the following lines: "Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth; Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?; Why so large cost, havins so short a lease".

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explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).

at hatfield elementary school, there are 504 students in 7 classes. each class has the same number of students. what is a good estimate of the number of students in each class?