It is when the feet weary and-hope seem s vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.
Questions:
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What does the rocking-chair symbolize
参考答案:A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.
B. It symbolizes that Carrie’s fate is unstable and she is unable to control her own life.