English

Maurice Raymond

23 June, 02:15

Regarding the scene he is describing, the speaker is

(A) removed and observant

(B) obsessed and upset

(C) optimistic

(D) fatalistic

(E) apathetic

Passage 3. T. S. Eliot, "Morning at the Window"

Th ey are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens,

And along the trampled edges of the street

I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids

Sprouting despondently at area gates.

Th e brown waves of fog toss up to me

Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,

And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts

An aimless smile that hovers in the air

And vanishes along the level of the roofs.