Frank bidart notes that the speaker of "the ghost" is his "mother's ferocious side." the "you" being spoken to in the poem is the poet. what effect does it have on the reader to listen in on the conversation between imagined mother and son?

What is most likely nelson mandela's purpose of using third person point of view after introducing himself in his introductory paragraphs

Which sentence is correctly punctuated? a. i haven’t found a new job, and i don’t plan to look for one until i have to. b. my work is piling up—day to day—and i can’t seem to get caught up. c. i know things could be worse (they have been in the past).

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a. the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b. a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died