Read these lines of the first stanza from "In Just-." in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious

How does the word mud-luscious contribute to the meaning of the poem?

It is an archaic word that shows the age of the speaker.

It is meant to show that children are frequently dirty during the spring.

It reflects the joys of spring weather and childhood.

It invokes a sense of taste and is meant to be confusing to the reader.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief