Mr. frost's book reveals a disease which is eating into the vitals of our new england life, at least in its rural
communities
what is there in the hard, vigorous climate of these states which plants the seeds of degeneration? is the
violence and ugliness of their religious belief the cause of these twisted and tortured lives? have the sane,
full-blooded men all been drafted away to the cities, or the west, leaving behind only feeble remainders of a
once fine stock..
mr. frost's is not the kindly new england of whittier, nor the humorous and sensible one of lowell, it is a
latter-day new england, where a civilization is decaying to give place to another and very different one.

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a. elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b. madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c. elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d. elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Describe the term romanticism. how is it evident in the poems of the era? be sure to include information related to poems from at least two authors. support your response with evidence related to form, sound, structure, and other poetic elements.

The line “violently shuddered—with the fright of it” could be categorized as a(n) and a anaphora; sensory appeal sensory appeal; image paradox; anaphora personification; image