What does the word felicity mean in this context

Felicity can mean happiness; but in the case of the passage in “The Count of Monte Cristo” where the man bowed in prayer then became transformed from “convulsive(ly)” to becoming “calmer and more happy,” the more appropriate meaning would be pleasure and luck or blessedness. It came as some kind of a realization that he has been fortunate after all.

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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