The Odyssey is an ancient Greek poem that tells the story of the 10-year journey of Odysseus, “the cunning hero,” as he tries to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. The opening lines are as follows: Speak, Memory — Of the cunning hero, The wanderer, blown off course time and again After he plundered Troy’s sacred heights. Speak Of all the cities he saw, the minds he grasped, The suffering deep in his heart at sea As he struggled to survive and bring his men home But could not save them, hard as he tried — The fools — destroyed by their own recklessness When they ate the oxen of Hyperion the Sun, And that god snuffed out their day of return. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for how the structure of the poem contributes to its meaning?

A. The description of a hero’s journey, an epic characteristic, shows that the story will contain many parts.

B. The epic poem's depiction of suffering makes it clear that the purpose of the story is to offer a lesson in how to behave.

C. The lyric poem's lack of rhyming suggests that the author is a beginning poet who is more sincere than skilled.

D. The indented lines, a lyric characteristic, shows that deep feelings cannot always be communicated in words.

A. I love this poem. Highly recommend it.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.