Read the passage. To Waken an Old Lady by William Carlos Williams Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind— But what? On harsh weed stalks, the flock has rested, the snow is covered with broken seed husks, and the wind tempered by a shrill piping of plenty. What do the small cheeping birds symbolize in this poem? A. youth
B. strong winds
C. snowy weather
D. wisdom

What is the central idea of “the light of gandhi’s lamp”? how does the central idea emerge and develop over the course of the passage? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

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In the first line of each stanza, the author follows the pattern of a noun followed by a pair of adjectives. what is the purpose of this pattern?