Read the poem “roses,” by george eliot.

you love the roses—so do i. i wish
the sky would rain down roses, as they rain
from off the shaken bush. why will it not?
then all the valley would be pink and white
and soft to tread on. they would fall as light
as feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

what is the main style difference between “roses” and "night"?
a.“roses” uses iambic pentameter.
b.“roses” uses a more modern form.
c.“night” uses a rhyme scheme.
d.“night” uses trochaic pentameter.

the night has cut
each from each
and curled the petals
back from the stalk
and under it in crisp rows;

under at an unfaltering pace,
under till the rinds break,
back till each bent leaf
is parted from its stalk;

under at a grave pace,
under till the leaves
are bent back
till they drop upon earth,
back till they are all broken.

o night,
you take the petals
of the roses in your hand,
but leave the stark core
of the rose
to perish on the branch.

A.“Roses” uses iambic pentameter.

Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line that is very popular in English. In fact, it is estimated that up to three quarters of all poetry written since Chaucer has been written in iambic pentameter. The pattern is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. All major forms of poetry, such as blank verse and the heroic couplet can use iambic pentameter.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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