Read the excerpt. full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air. how do the images in these lines from “elegy written in a country churchyard” by thomas gray give the reader a powerful sense of what is unknown or lost? the power of these lines stem from the anger with which the speaker views the wastefulness of death. the lines are poignant because they illustrate that, after our own deaths, life will go on in the world. the poignancy of the lines comes from the idea that, after death, one can no longer know the beauty of nature. the poignancy of the lines comes from the thought that the beauty of a human can go unappreciated by anyone.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

“speak up for tory principles” in his political speech, disraeli addresses the principles of the tory party. explain what they are and how he relates them to the condition of the people. use textual evidence to support your claim

If you had read the label carefully, you wouldn’t have bought the expired product. what does it means? a. you didn’t buy the expired product because you read the level carefully. b. you didn’t read the label carefully so you bought the expired product.