In my opinion, the whole poem is quite ironic - although she is mentioning the exultation and the royal color of death, the poem itself begins with the narrator saying that she cannot breathe - that she doesn't want to die.
So, I would say that the ironic parts are:
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, -
Past the houses, past the headlands,
<span>Into deep eternity!</span>
Answer:
O Chloe's whole family laughs whenever she told the funny story.
Explanation:
The verb "laughs" is in present-tense. It is happening now, at this moment. That means that the family is laughing right now.
However, the other verb in the sentence, "told," is in past tense. It has happened some time in the past. Using two verbs in different points in time together to describe a single situation, like this one, is an inappropriate shift in verb tense. How is the family laughing right now when she told the story a while ago?
1. written down/ wouldn't be
If we had simply written down the instructions like we were told to, we wouldn't be so confused now.
