Which description is an example of an allegory? a. s. e. hinton's the outsiders deals with the danger of stereotypes as well as the power of love between brothers in the world of a teenager. b. a separate peace by john knowles deals with the heartache and confusion of growing up as well as the impact of friends and enemies on a person’s life. c. the westing game by ellen raskin tells the story of 16 heirs to a large inheritance who must discover their benefactor's killer in order to inherit the money. d. william spenser's the faerie queene follows the quests of several knights who seek to better themselves, but it symbolically gives honor to queen elizabeth i and her kingdom.

D. William Spenser's The Faerie Queene follows the quests of several knights who seek to better themselves, but it symbolically gives honor to Queen Elizabeth I and her kingdom.

An allegory is a type of extended metaphor in which items or characters within the story (or even poem or play or painting) stand for something else, and what they stand for is something typically of a political nature.  That said, the word “symbolically” helps us determine that “D” is the correct response because of how symbols stand for other things, and royalty can be seen as a political figures. 

edmund spenser and john bunyan is the answer. hope i !

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.