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1. Ivan Ilyich wanted to weep, wanted to be petted and cried over, and then his colleague Shebek would come, and instead of weeping and being petted, Ivan Ilyich would assume a serious, severe, and profound air.
2. "This falsity around him and within him did more than anything else to poison his last days
From the first sentence, the narrator infer that even when a member of rising middle class is experiencing grief, they are forced to hide it due to the concern of their social standing.
From the second sentence, the narrator infers that unability to express emotion started to eating them from the inside and make them miserable.
(C. vivid and metaphorical.) Because its giving a detailed description. of the man"s appearance and actions. hope this helps
Answer: regressing
Explanation: if a person degenerates, they are losing capabilities and their qualities are decreasing or declining. Basically things are getting worse.
Regressing is returning to an older, less developed state while progressing is getting better.
Degenerating and regressing are going backward while progressing is going forward.
def iambic pentameter and rhyme, I’m not sure what foot is and idk about stanza
By explaining the concept of being an “also-ran,” the author describes someone who enjoys participating in a contest even though he or she does not win. The quotation from paragraph 9 expresses the author's positive viewpoint of “also-rans” who “finish third in a three-horse race.