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rearrange the following groups of words to create an independent clause. original reworded couldn’t of anything think else he of out ice cream chocolate ran they new york city is amy to go excited to cage out climbed hamster his of lacey’s on likes joe go roller coasters to
underline the subject and bold the verb in the following sentences. she likes softball. they never left the house. skippy ran to get the ball. rhonda doesn’t know how to use her phone. luckily, the mugger ran away.
highlight whether each of the following sentences is an independent clause (ic), a dependent clause (dc), or a phrase (p). ic dc p she never went back to the river ic dc p after the storm that knocked down the tree ic dc p lately, he felt lonely ic dc p floating gently to the ground ic dc p because she didn’t want to wake up early

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.