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Read the excerpt below and answer the question.


"I, like an usurp'd town, to another due,

Labour to admit you, but O, to no end." (lines 5–6)


What are some possible meanings for admit as it is used in the lines above? Select all that apply.


A.)to allow to enter

B.)to claim belief in

C.)to work hard

D.)to show allegiance to someone

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maggy1984
to allow to enter answer is #A
scalesinfatuated

Answer: I would contend that the right answers are A: To allow to enter and D: To show allegiance to someone.

Explanation: In this poem by John Donne (1572-1631), titled "Batter my heart, three-person’d God," the speaker is commanding God to grasp him, break him, and shape him again so he can become a new man and submit to Him, but his reason, "your viceroy in me," is captive, and he is "betroth’d unto your enemy" (i.e. the Devil) - Donne was a priest in the Church of England. In order to emphasize the love that he feels for God, but also the difficult moments that he is experiencing, he compares himself with a city that has been usurped by an enemy. Like that city, he works hard to let God in, to show Him his allegiance, but to no avail.  

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