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?

AThe narrator has met people he wants to forget.
BEach night is new; previous events do not matter.
CThe narrator has met people he wants to remember.
DEach night is the same, repeating events.

In the excerpt, the french line “La lune ne garde aucune rancune” which translates to “The moon never holds a grudge” means B. Each night is new; previous events do not matter. It only means that tomorrow will be different.

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MrsTate MrsTate · Answer 2 · 2018-09-04T19:56:01-04:00

Each night is new; previous events do not matter.

The translation says that "the moon never holds a grudge." This tells us the moon does not hold on to previous events, so they don't matter. The poem states "the moon has lost her memory" which also indicates whatever happened previously is not important. A and C can be eliminated immediately. Option D is wrong because even though it states what the moon does at night, the speaker doesn't use any words to suggest it happens every night. Also, we know that the moon does actually change throughout the course of the month changing shape and the amount of moonlight that is available.