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How does the metaphor in the line "It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!" in the last stanza affect the poem?

1 It describes the rolling hills of the land that the sailors found.

2 It highlights the excitement the sailors felt upon first sighting land.

3 It compares Columbus's ship to an object that moves and sways in the wind.

4 It narrates how Columbus claimed the Americas in the name of Spain.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.

Based on this work of satire, what is most likely the authors opinion?