The heart"s flower withers at the root. Bury it, then, in history"s sterile dust. The slow years shall tame your tawny lust.

The heart"s flower withers at the root. Bury it, then, in history"s sterile dust. The slow years shall tame your tawny lust. Why do people continue to speak the way they do or change the way they speak? Hoffman views language as inextricably linked with identity. Explain how this is so.