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Read the excerpt.
from The White Knight's Song
I'll tell thee everything I can:
There's 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 sleve.
(from "The White Knight's Song" by Lewis Carroll)
Which does the simile in the last two lines mean?
1. The speaker's head was empty.
2. The man's ideas flowed rapidly.
3. The answer amused the speaker.
4. The answer was quickly forgotten.



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In the excerpt, the simile in the last two lines compares the way the man's answer flowed through the speaker's head to water trickling through a sleve. This simile is used to convey the idea that the man's answer was flowing smoothly and effortlessly through the speaker's mind, just like water flowing through a sieve.

1. The speaker's head was empty.
2. The man's ideas flowed rapidly.
3. The answer amused the speaker.
4. The answer was quickly forgotten.

The correct interpretation is:
2. The man's ideas flowed rapidly.

This means that the man's answer was conveyed swiftly and smoothly through the speaker's mind, indicating clarity and ease of understanding, similar to how water trickles through a sleve without obstruction.

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