Read the excerpt from "The Morning Dream." 'TWAS in the glad season of spring, Asleep at the dawn of the day, I dream'd what I cannot but sing, So pleasant it seem'd as I lay. I dream'd that on ocean afloat, Far hence to the westward I sail'd, While the billows high lifted the boat, And the fresh-blowing breeze never fail'd. The author uses nonstandard English in the excerpt to create a setting of fear and foreboding. setting of gentle beauty. character with many flaws. character with admirable traits.

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Paityn

6 June, 03:45

Read the excerpt from "The Morning Dream." 'TWAS in the glad season of spring, Asleep at the dawn of the day, I dream'd what I cannot but sing, So pleasant it seem'd as I lay. I dream'd that on ocean afloat, Far hence to the westward I sail'd, While the billows high lifted the boat, And the fresh-blowing breeze never fail'd. The author uses nonstandard English in the excerpt to create a setting of fear and foreboding. setting of gentle beauty. character with many flaws. character with admirable traits.

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Alijah Townsend · Answer 1

Its answer C, setting of gentle beauty.

Alani Wilcox · Answer 2

The poem The Morning Dream, written by William Cowper, is a pastoral poem, and as such, the descriptions of scenery are essential.

In this excerpt, the author is creating:

a setting of gentle beauty

words like pleasant are the indicator of the gentleness, and the mentioned ocean, billows, and breeze show the scenery and pastoral nature of the poem.