from the white knights song\nill tell thee everything i can:\ntheres little to relate.\ni saw an aged, aged…

from the white knights song\nill tell thee everything i can:\ntheres little to relate.\ni saw an aged, aged man,\na - sitting on a gate.\n\who are you, aged man?\ i said.\n\and how is it you live?\\nand his answer trickled through my head,\nlike water through a sieve.\n(from \the white knights song\ by lewis carroll)\nwhich does the simile in the last two lines mean?\n1. the speakers head was empty.\n2. the mans ideas flowed rapidly.\n3. the answer amused the speaker.\n4. the answer was quickly forgotten.

from the white knights song\nill tell thee everything i can:\ntheres little to relate.\ni saw an aged, aged man,\na - sitting on a gate.\n\who are you, aged man?\ i said.\n\and how is it you live?\\nand his answer trickled through my head,\nlike water through a sieve.\n(from \the white knights song\ by lewis carroll)\nwhich does the simile in the last two lines mean?\n1. the speakers head was empty.\n2. the mans ideas flowed rapidly.\n3. the answer amused the speaker.\n4. the answer was quickly forgotten.

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Brief Explanations:

A simile compares two things using "like" or "as". Here, the answer "trickled through my head, Like water through a sieve". Just as water passes through a sieve and doesn't stay, the answer quickly left the speaker's mind and was forgotten.

Answer:

  1. The answer was quickly forgotten.