Themes are difficult to identify because
there is room for interpretation
the author hides them
they are not usually present in short stories
no one can agree on what they are

The correct answer is "there is room for interpretation."

Explanation:

Themes are difficult to identify because there is room for interpretation.

A theme is basically an idea around which a story revolves. Authors never really explicitly state the theme of their stories. It is difficult to identify the theme, specifically if the story has more than one themes. They can be easily misinterpreted. The content of the theme is usually repressed and the nature of its expression is complicated.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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- a.) the man dies after he is unable to keep a fire lit.