Question

select the correct answer.
in the excerpt from the poem \thanatopsis\ by william cullen bryant, what is the meaning of the word infant?
yet not to thine eternal resting - place
shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
couch more magnificent. thou shalt lie down
with patriarchs of the infant world - with kings,
the powerful of the earth - the wise, the good,
fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
all in one mighty sepulchre. the hills

a. earliest
b. ignorant
c. childlike
d. vulnerable
e. rosy - cheeked

Explanation:

In the context of the poem, "infant world" refers to the earliest stage of the world. The word "infant" here means the earliest or most primitive stage.

Answer:

A. earliest