Read lines 1-3 of the poem. What tone is conveyed in these lines? Robert Frost 1 For every parcel I stoop down to seize 2 I lose some other off my arms and knees, 3 And the whole pile is slipping, bottles, buns— 4 Extremes too hard to comprehend at once, 5 Yet nothing I should care to leave behind. 6 With all I have to hold with, I will do my best 7 To keep their building balanced at my breast. 8 I crouch down to prevent them as they fall; 9 Then sit down in the middle of them all. 10 I had to drop the armful in the road. 11 And try to stack them in a better load. a. He is frustrated because he doesn't know what to do. b. He is hopeful that things will work out. c. He is happy that he will not have to carry as much. d. He is sad that everything is always going wrong for him.

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1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

a. by showing how a character reacts to or interacts with his or her   surroundings

explanation:

the setting reveal information about a character by showing how a character reacts to or interacts with his or her   surroundings.