Excerpt from George Gray

Edgar Lee Masters

Based on the passage, which is the correct sequence of events?

A) The speaker encountered ambition, then love, and then sorrow

B) The speaker encountered love, then sorrow, and then ambition.

C) The speaker encountered sorrow, then love, and then ambition.

D) The speaker encountered love, then ambition, and then sorrow.

Based on the passage, the correct sequence of events is, 'The speaker encountered love, then sorrow, and then ambition.'

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

George Gray is a very beautiful poem written by Edgar Lee Masters. The narrator of the poem is George Gray who is delivering a sermon about life, and this is a poem for all those who are lost in life.

The poem consists of three stanza, in the second stanza the speaker lists the series of events which occurred in his life. He states that love was offered to him but he shrank from its disillusionment.

Later sorrow knocked his door, but he was quite sacred. And lastly when ambition called him, instead of welcoming the opportunity, George again dreaded and feared the chances.

b

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