B—Intensive Reading
Explain the following passages:
| a | And Cæsar's spirit, ranging for revenge, | |
| With Ate by his side come hot from hell, | ||
| Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice | ||
| Cry "Havoc." | ||
| —Julius Cæsar. |
Who speaks, and when?
| b | You shall digest the venom of your spleen, | |
| Though it do split you;... | ||
| I'll use you for my ... laughter, | ||
| When you are waspish. | ||
| —Julius Cæsar. | ||
| c | Philomel will deign a song, | |
| In her sweetest, saddest plight, | ||
| Smoothing the rugged brow of Night | ||
| While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke | ||
| Gently o'er the accustomed oak. | ||
| —Il Penseroso. | ||
| d | Alas, what boots it with incessant care | |
| To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, | ||
| And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? | ||
| —Lycidas. |