How does the figurative language in these lines develop a theme of the poem?

Shall worms, inheritors of this excess,

Eat up thy charge? Is this thy body's end?

Then soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss

And let that pine to aggravate thy store;

Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;

Within be fed, without be rich no more.

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Kian Mcdaniel

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4 April, 09:12

How does the figurative language in these lines develop a theme of the poem?

Shall worms, inheritors of this excess,

Eat up thy charge? Is this thy body's end?

Then soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss

And let that pine to aggravate thy store;

Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;

Within be fed, without be rich no more.

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Vaughn Yu · Answer 1

The correct answer for the question that is being presented is this one: "1. It refers to the decomposition of a dead body." The figurative language in these lines develop a theme of the poem by referring to the decomposition of a dead body.

Here are the following choices:

1. It refers to the decomposition of a dead body.

2. It describes the suffering of the soul.

3. It emphasizes the advancement of the soul.

4. It reflects the miseries of the speaker.