Modernist poetry explored the problems that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800s and early 1900s. which two lines in this excerpt from "the anecdote jar" by wallace stevens reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life?
the wilderness rose up to it,
and sprawled around, no longer wild.
the jar was round upon the ground
and tall and of a port in air.
it took dominion everywhere.
the jar was gray and bare.
it did not give of bird or bush,
like nothing else in tennessee.

Hillenbrand writes, "as louie blazed through college, far away, history was turning" (p. 43). why does the author interrupt louie's narrative with information about japan and germany?

Biologists recognize five levels of cell organization. the lowest and simplest is the cellular level. organisms here are either unicellular organisms, like protozoa, or colonial organisms. colonial organisms are composed of single-celled individuals that stay together to sustain the life of the whole colony. next on the scale of complexity is the level occupied by tissue. a tissue is a group of similar cells which perform a similar activity. tissues that are organized around a common function together make up an organ, the third level of complexity. the fourth level of organization is the system, formed by a group of organs which together perform a specific bodily process. the fifth and highest level is the organism level, in which body systems work together in a structure capable of independent life. main idea:

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?