Question
• Stanza 4: The speaker says money "created greed and hunger, which were its two faces." What does this line suggest
about the effect of money on people in the third age?
Stanza 8: What does the final line of the poem reveal about the lesson that humans learned over time?
Answer
Stanza 4: The line suggests that money has led to both greed and hunger, which are two negative consequences of its existence.
Stanza 8: The final line of the poem suggests that humans have learned the lesson that everything eventually comes to an end, including civilizations and the pursuit of wealth.