read this excerpt from Blanca Flor by Angel Vigil.
JUANITO
I remember! The doves' song has made me remember. (Going to BLANCA FLOR) Blanca Flor, your love has broken the curse. Now I remember all that was struggling to come out. Mama, Papa, here is Blanca Flor, the love I found when I was seeking my fortune.

How does the theme of this excerpt connect to everyday life?
O It teaches the audience that not everyone gets to experience love.
O It teaches that love comes to those who take risks.
O It reminds its readers that love is easily found and kept.
O It reminds people that love is the real fortune a person can find.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief