Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." The lamp hummed: "Regard the moon, La lune ne garde aucune rancune, She winks a feeble eye, She smiles into corners. She smoothes the hair of the grass. The moon has lost her memory. The French line “La lune ne garde aucune rancune” translates to “The moon never holds a grudge.” Which best describes the meaning of this line?

I think it would be " The moon has lost her memory". This is the best answer because when a person holds a grudge, it means to say that the person continues to think about what the things angered him the most. It would always be remembered until such time he was able to forget everything. In this line, it means to say that the moon does not remember any bad memory or events that would make her feel bad about

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KrystaCort KrystaCort · Answer 2 · 2018-10-22T13:20:58+02:00

This poem was written in 1911 by the world-famous writer T.S. Eliot. This poem showcases a time-span of four hours, from twelve (midnight) till four am (dawn).

The French lines mentioned in the excerpt best accompany meaning with the last line of the excerpt: "The moon... lost... memory"

Moreover, these lines supplement each other by filling some sense when collective. The poet suggests that the moon never bags a grudge and acts as it has lost it's memory (with a lost memory, it forgets the negativity or any grudge). In the poem, moon is used as a metaphor and the personification sets a loop between the two interdependent statements.