Marie Devers

When I think about my destiny, that cloudy cool mirage, 1

The options and the chances overlap in a collage. 2

I sometimes spend an afternoon in dreams of come what may, 3

A changeable amusement, better than any matinee. 4

Ambitious as I am, there is so much that I foresee, 5

I'm writing seven million drafts of my biography. 6

Youth is like a blindfold to the life I've yet to meet, 7

I can't make out the future with my life so incomplete. 8

Why does the author call her destiny that cloudy cool mirage?

A) because the author needed a word that would rhyme with "collage"

B) because the author wanted to use a simile so the passage would seem more "poetic"

C) because the author feels that her future is hazy, uncertain, and slightly unreal

D) because the author is certain that her future is going to be bright and positive

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Gigi

27 October, 14:47

Marie Devers

When I think about my destiny, that cloudy cool mirage, 1

The options and the chances overlap in a collage. 2

I sometimes spend an afternoon in dreams of come what may, 3

A changeable amusement, better than any matinee. 4

Ambitious as I am, there is so much that I foresee, 5

I'm writing seven million drafts of my biography. 6

Youth is like a blindfold to the life I've yet to meet, 7

I can't make out the future with my life so incomplete. 8

Why does the author call her destiny that cloudy cool mirage?

A) because the author needed a word that would rhyme with "collage"

B) because the author wanted to use a simile so the passage would seem more "poetic"

C) because the author feels that her future is hazy, uncertain, and slightly unreal

D) because the author is certain that her future is going to be bright and positive

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Chad Warner · Answer 1

The correct answer is C: because the author feels that her future is hazy, uncertain, and slightly unreal.

Explanation:

In her poem, Marie Devers calls her destiny "that cloudy cool mirage" because she wants to express that she wasted most of her time thinking about life difficulties and problems that she may have.

She wants to say that she could not predict things, problems and obstacles that will happen to her until they became unavoidable. She uses this expression as a metaphor to explain how uncertain life can be.