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Read the lines from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – What is the purpose of the words “labor” and “leisure”?

AThey are aspects of life that frustrate the speaker.

BThey are elements of life that the speaker wants to show Death.

CThey are aspects of life that the speaker is leaving.

DThey are elements of life that the speaker will not miss.

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They are aspects of life that the speaker is leaving.-C

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Answer: C) They are aspects of life that the speaker is leaving.

Explanation: In the given lines from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" we can see that the speaker is talking about putting away some things of his life, like his "labor" and "leisure" for his civility. So we can see that he author's purpose for using the words "labor" and "leisure" in the excerpt is to show some of the aspects of his life that he is going to leave, because he has to.

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