Instructions: select the correct text in the passage. which three lines in this excerpt from emily dickinson's poem "dying" paint an unromantic picture of death? i willed my keepsakes, signed away what portion of me i could make assignable, —and then there interposed to come between things a fly, with blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me;

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

What effect did lincoln have on douglass's life? in what respect did douglas carry on lincoln's work? cite text evidence in your response

Atree grows in brooklyn by betty smith is a novel about a poor girl named francie nolan who lives in the borough of brooklyn in new york city. in her courtyard grows a tree that thrives despite a lack of water or nourishment and comes to symbolize francie’s resilience in the face of hardship. which summary would be an appropriate parody of the original story?