Read the passage. how soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year! my hasting days fly on with full career, but my late spring no bud or blossom showeth. perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, that i to manhood am arrived so near, and inward ripeness doth much less appear, that some more timely-happy spirits endueth. in this octave from sonnet vii by john milton, how does the speaker feel about having not yet created a great body of work?

Which sentence uses all its nominative case pronouns correctly? a we live on the same street b them and rachel are good skaters. c the redskins fans in the family are fred and me d have joanne and him played tennis together before?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Read this excerpt from the declaration of independence