Eros Turannos%0D%0AEdwin Arlington Robinson%0D%0A%0D%0AShe fears him, and will always ask%0D%0AWhat fated her to choose him;%0D%0AShe meets in his engaging mask%0D%0AAll reasons to refuse him;%0D%0ABut what she meets and what she fears 5%0D%0AAre less than are the downward years,%0D%0ADrawn slowly to the foamless weirs%0D%0AOf age, were she to lose him.%0D%0A%0D%0ABetween a blurred sagacity%0D%0AThat once had power to sound him, 10%0D%0AAnd Love, that will not let him be%0D%0AThe Judas that she found him,%0D%0AHer pride assuages her almost,%0D%0AAs if it were alone the cost. --%0D%0AHe sees that he will not be lost, 15%0D%0AAnd waits and looks around him.%0D%0A%0D%0AA sense of ocean and old trees%0D%0AEnvelops and allures him;%0D%0ATradition, touching all he sees,%0D%0ABeguiles and reassures him; 20%0D%0AAnd all her doubts of what he says%0D%0AAre dimmed of what she knows of days --%0D%0ATill even prejudice delays%0D%0AAnd fades, and she secures him.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe falling leaf inaugurates 25%0D%0AThe reign of her confusion;%0D%0AThe pounding wave reverberates%0D%0AThe dirge of her illusion;%0D%0AAnd home, where passion lived and died,%0D%0ABecomes a place where she can hide, 30%0D%0AWhile all the town and harbor side%0D%0AVibrate with her seclusion.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe tell you, tapping on our brows,%0D%0AThe story as it should be, --%0D%0AAs if the story of a house 35%0D%0AWere told, or ever could be;%0D%0AWe'll have no kindly veil between%0D%0AHer visions and those we have seen, --%0D%0AAs if we guessed what hers have been,%0D%0AOr what they are or would be. 40%0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile we do no harm; for they%0D%0AThat with a god have striven,%0D%0ANot hearing much of what we say,%0D%0ATake what the god has given;%0D%0AThough like waves breaking it may be, 45%0D%0AOr like a changed familiar tree,%0D%0AOr like a stairway to the sea%0D%0AWhere down the blind are driven.%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat is the BEST definition of the word beguiles as it is used in line 20 of the poem?A causes laughtercauses laughter

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Eros Turannos%0D%0AEdwin Arlington Robinson%0D%0A%0D%0AShe fears him, and will always ask%0D%0AWhat fated her to choose him;%0D%0AShe meets in his engaging mask%0D%0AAll reasons to refuse him;%0D%0ABut what she meets and what she fears 5%0D%0AAre less than are the downward years,%0D%0ADrawn slowly to the foamless weirs%0D%0AOf age, were she to lose him.%0D%0A%0D%0ABetween a blurred sagacity%0D%0AThat once had power to sound him, 10%0D%0AAnd Love, that will not let him be%0D%0AThe Judas that she found him,%0D%0AHer pride assuages her almost,%0D%0AAs if it were alone the cost. --%0D%0AHe sees that he will not be lost, 15%0D%0AAnd waits and looks around him.%0D%0A%0D%0AA sense of ocean and old trees%0D%0AEnvelops and allures him;%0D%0ATradition, touching all he sees,%0D%0ABeguiles and reassures him; 20%0D%0AAnd all her doubts of what he says%0D%0AAre dimmed of what she knows of days --%0D%0ATill even prejudice delays%0D%0AAnd fades, and she secures him.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe falling leaf inaugurates 25%0D%0AThe reign of her confusion;%0D%0AThe pounding wave reverberates%0D%0AThe dirge of her illusion;%0D%0AAnd home, where passion lived and died,%0D%0ABecomes a place where she can hide, 30%0D%0AWhile all the town and harbor side%0D%0AVibrate with her seclusion.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe tell you, tapping on our brows,%0D%0AThe story as it should be, --%0D%0AAs if the story of a house 35%0D%0AWere told, or ever could be;%0D%0AWe'll have no kindly veil between%0D%0AHer visions and those we have seen, --%0D%0AAs if we guessed what hers have been,%0D%0AOr what they are or would be. 40%0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile we do no harm; for they%0D%0AThat with a god have striven,%0D%0ANot hearing much of what we say,%0D%0ATake what the god has given;%0D%0AThough like waves breaking it may be, 45%0D%0AOr like a changed familiar tree,%0D%0AOr like a stairway to the sea%0D%0AWhere down the blind are driven.%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat is the BEST definition of the word beguiles as it is used in line 20 of the poem?A causes laughtercauses laughter

B charms and comfortscharms and comforts
C horrifies and frightenshorrifies and frightens
D invokes despair and misery

Answer 1

B charms and comforts

Answer 2

The BEST definition of the word "beguiles" as it is used in line 20 of the poem is B) charms and comforts.

Answer 3

To determine the best definition of the word "beguiles" as it is used in line 20 of the poem, we can look at the context and the surrounding words. In this line, the poet states, "Tradition, touching all he sees, beguiles and reassures him."

Based on this context, the word "beguiles" can be understood to mean charming and comforting. Tradition is described as touching everything the subject sees and beguiling him, implying that it brings a sense of allure and reassurance.

Therefore, the BEST definition of the word "beguiles" in this context would be B - charms and comforts.