Which set of lines in this excerpt from walt whitman's "when lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd" is part of the lament stage of an elegy?

Poe’s narrator describes usher’s mind, as being able to “pour forth..darkness” as if it were an “inherent positive quality.” what is the significance of poe’s metaphor? and what does it suggest about the human tendency to project one’s thoughts or emotions?

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.

How did the older men calm the younger ones down when they learned from some of the prisoners where they were? (chapter 3 of the book night)