[5] In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
[6] Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
[7] Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
[8] Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
[9] Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
"A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1838.
In the fourth stanza, what does the simile comparing "our hearts" to "muffled drums" mean?
A. Our hearts are strong and brave.
B. Our hearts cannot survive the incessant drumming.
C. Our hearts beat steadily toward our inevitable deaths.
D. Our hearts are beating like the roaring sounds
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