At this surprising change of my circumstances, from a merchant to a miserable slave, i was perfectly overwhelmed; . . for now the hand of heaven had overtaken me, and i was undone without redemption; but, alas! this was but a taste of the misery i was to go through, as will appear in the sequel of this story.

based on the context of this excerpt, what does the phrase "hand of heaven" convey about the time in which this story was written?
a. it points out that the people of defoe's time believed that everyone had free will to choose his or her own destiny.
b. it suggests that people of defoe's time believed that they had very little control over their lives.
c. it shows that the people of defoe's time asked for god's blessing only when they knew that it would be granted.
d. it indicates that the people of defoe's time cared little for what heaven would want them to do.

Although william carlos williams rejected traditional verse forms he still believed that is was important to use poetic devices to distinguish verse from prose.

Which three events took place when lincoln lived at knob creek farm?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification