Question

1.3.7 quiz: analyze stream of consciousness texts
for i have known them all already, known them all:
have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
i have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
i know the voices dying with a dying fall

which words from this passage best demonstrate the speakers feeling that his life is superficial?

a. for i have known them all already, known them all
b. i know the voices dying with a dying fall
c. have known evenings, mornings, afternoons
d. i have measured out my life with coffee spoons

Explanation:

The phrase uses the small, mundane act of measuring coffee with spoons to frame the speaker's life as fragmented, repetitive, and focused on trivial, routine moments—directly conveying a sense of superficiality and unfulfilling sameness. The other options focus on familiarity or decay, not the trivial, small-scale structure of the speaker's life that signals superficiality.

Answer:

D. I have measured out my life with coffee spoons