Comprehension Passage
""Be near me when my light is low,
When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick
And tingle; and the heart is sick,
And all the wheels of Being slow.
Be near me when the sensuous frame
Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust;
And Time, a maniac scattering dust,
And Life, a Fury slinging flame."
What is the implication of the line "And Life, a Fury slinging flame"?
1
The speaker's struggle with the harsh realities of life
2
Life as a force of transformation, symbolized by the "slinging flame"
3
A reference to the fleeting and ephemeral nature of life
4
A personification of life as a violent, unpredictable force