Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. complete the sentences based on your reading of this excerpt from il penseroso by john milton. where i may sit and rightly spell of every star that heavn doth shew, and every herb that sips the dew, till old experience do attain to something like prophetic strain. in this poem, when the speaker says he may sit and rightly spell, he refers to ability to interpret the meaning of the stars. the phrase prophetic strain means philosophical understanding; the effort required to be a visionary; conflict that occurs among philosophers; the suffering of the puritan cause.

Explanation:

In the poem, "rightly spell" in the context of stars implies interpreting their meaning. "Prophetic strain" suggests a deep - philosophical understanding as it relates to attaining wisdom from old experience, similar to a prophetic or visionary state of knowledge.

Answer:

The first drop - down: ability to interpret the meaning of the stars
The second drop - down: philosophical understanding