excerpt from old ironsides
oliver wendell holmes

her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
where knelt the vanquished foe,
when winds were hurrying o'er the flood,
and waves were white below,
no more shall feel the victor's tread,
or know the conquered knee; --
the harpies of the shore shall pluck
the eagle of the sea!

oh, better that her shattered hulk
should sink beneath the wave;
her thunders shook the mighty deep,
and there should be her grave;
nail to the mast her holy flag,
set every threadbare sail,
and give her to the god of storms,
the lightning and the gale.

which of these best describes a theme of this poem?
a) loss of innocence
b) nature's fury and power
c) pride in battle and death
d) romantic love lost in battle
hint: consider the imagery.

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Awell-written summary should be used o in place of reading an original text to you review something that you have already read

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.