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Select Two Excerpts from the Poem That Best Support the Correct Answer from Part A. I 1. There Are No Handles Upon a Language Whereby

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Select two excerpts from the poem that best support the correct answer from Part A. I 1. There are no handles upon a language Whereby men take hold of it And mark it with signs for its remembrance." (Lines 2. "Once in a thousand years Breaking a new course'(Lines 5-6) 3. "Moving to valleys And from nation to nation Crossing borders and mixing " (Lines 9-11 4. "Words wrapped round your tongue today And broken to shape of thought" (Lines 13-14) 5. "Shall be faded hieroglyphics Ten thousand years from now." (Lines 17-18)

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The correct answer from Part A is likely option 5, as it suggests the transient nature of language and its eventual obscurity. The second excerpt that supports this is "Once in a thousand years Breaking a new course" (Lines 5-6), emphasizing the rare and transformative nature of linguistic change.