Dale Stout

English

26 July, 17:33

Read the following poem:

Others abide our question. Thou art free.

We ask and ask-thou smilest and art still,

Out-topping knowledge.

For the loftiest hill,

Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty,

Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea,

Making the heaven of heavens his

dwelling place,

Spares but the cloudy border of his base

To the foiled searching of mortality.

by Matthew Arnold

2

Select the correct answer.

In the last two lines, the poet seems to be saying:

A.

it is hard to understand the writing of a genius

B.

don't try to find meaning in the clouds

C.

mortals cannot live in heaven

D.

the base of a mountain may be cloudy