The overall tone of “the debt” is

The poem is saying that it is a warning about the long term effects of indulging in stuff that you cannot handle, even the shortest time has its payback. In other words, the writer is discussing how he regrets the past, and until the end of time, he'll pay for what he did. This poem discusses crime and punishment, living, and disappointment and failure.

Explanation:

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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. is the correct answer