Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Complete the sentences based on your reading of this excerpt from "Il Penseroso" by John Milton: Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew, And every Herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To somthing like Prophetic strain. In this poem, when the speaker says he "may sit and rightly spell," he refers to . The phrase "Prophetic strain" means . ((the second answ*r is philosophical understanding))

1. Contemplation of the beauty of nature

2. Philosophical understanding

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Complete the sentences based on your reading of this excerpt from "Il Penseroso" by John Milton:

"Where I may sit and rightly spell

Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew,

And every Herb that sips the dew;

Till old experience do attain

To somthing like Prophetic strain."

1. In this poem, when the speaker says he "may sit and rightly spell," he refers to:

A.) Comprehension of the properties of the stars

B.) Contemplation of the beauty of nature

C.) Ability to interpret the meaning of the stars

D.) Scholarly investigation of the skies

2. The phrase "Prophetic strain" means

A.) Philosophical understanding

B.) The suffering of the Puritan cause

C.) The effort required to be a visionary

D.) Conflict that occurs among philosophers

1. B.) Contemplation of the beauty of nature

2. A.) Philosophical understanding

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from "Il Penseroso" by John Milton, when the speaker says he "may sit and rightly spell," he refers to: contemplation of the beauty of nature because "Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew," refers to his appreciation of nature.

While the phrase "Prophetic strain" means philosophical understanding because he talks about old experience leading one to prophetic strain which is used to mean an understanding of philosophy.

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