Read the excerpt from "The Morning Dream." 'TWAS in the glad season of spring, Asleep at the dawn of the day, I dream'd what I cannot but sing, So pleasant it seem'd as I lay. I dream'd that on ocean afloat, Far hence to the westward I sail'd, While the billows high lifted the boat, And the fresh-blowing breeze never fail'd. The author uses nonstandard English in the excerpt to create a setting of fear and foreboding. setting of gentle beauty. character with many flaws. character with admirable traits.

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Ward

13 July, 02:53

Read the excerpt from "The Morning Dream." 'TWAS in the glad season of spring, Asleep at the dawn of the day, I dream'd what I cannot but sing, So pleasant it seem'd as I lay. I dream'd that on ocean afloat, Far hence to the westward I sail'd, While the billows high lifted the boat, And the fresh-blowing breeze never fail'd. The author uses nonstandard English in the excerpt to create a setting of fear and foreboding. setting of gentle beauty. character with many flaws. character with admirable traits.

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Charlee Kaufman · Answer 1

The poem The Morning Dream, written by William Cowper, is a pastoral poem, and as such, the descriptions of scenery are essential.

In this excerpt, the author is creating:

a setting of gentle beauty

words like pleasant are the indicator of the gentleness, and the mentioned ocean, billows, and breeze show the scenery and pastoral nature of the poem.

Isabell Hogan · Answer 2

Its answer C, setting of gentle beauty.