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English, 28.12.2019 23:31 ineedhelp2285

Read the following poem and answer the question that follows.
"when i was one-and-twenty,"
by a. e. housman

when i was one-and-twenty
i heard a wise man say,
'give crowns and pound and guineas
but not your heart away;

give pearls away and rubies
but keep your fancy free.
' but i was one-and twenty,
no use to talk to me.

when i was one-and-twenty
i heard him say again,
'the heart out of the bosom
was never given in vain;
'tis paid with sighs a plenty
and sold for endless rue.
' and i am two-and-twenty,
and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

what connotation does the poet use for the word in bold?
a. happiness and true love
b. confusion and fear
c. anger and a destroyed friendship
d. sadness and a broken heart

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