Read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow. a shropshire lad by a. e. housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say, "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away; give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty, no use to talk to me. when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain; 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue." and i am two-and-twenty, and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true. the central theme of the poem is . in the end, the poet the wise man's views.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

devin will have to drain the rain out from his garage.

answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation: