Question

from the white knights song
ill tell thee everything i can:
theres little to relate.
i saw an aged, aged man,
a - sitting on a gate.
\who are you, aged man?\ i said.
\and how is it you live?\
and his answer trickled through my head,
like water through a sieve.
(from \the white knights song\ by lewis carroll)
which does the simile in the last two lines mean?

1. the speakers head was empty.
2. the mans ideas flowed rapidly.
3. the answer amused the speaker.
4. the answer was quickly forgotten.

Explanation:

A sieve is a porous object through which water quickly passes and doesn't retain water well. Similarly, the speaker says the old - man's answer "trickled through my head, like water through a sieve", meaning the answer didn't stay in the speaker's mind and was quickly forgotten.

Answer:

1. The answer was quickly forgotten.