Read these lines from the “it sifts from leaden sieves.” It sifts from leaden sieves —
it powders all the wood —
it fills with alabaster wool —
the wrinkles of the road.

What is the alabaster wool referenced in these lines?
A. The coats of woodland animals
B. cloths that the speaker weaves in her grief
C. white gravel used to fill the rugs in the old road
D. snow — collecting in fluffy clumps

Exit in which of the following passages from the text is the author's motif of displacement and separation most evident? a. "in these ways it was a typical wartime departure, full of proud smiles and half-concealed worry." b. "it upheld the army's decision to limit the movements of a racially select group of citizens." c. "once the first year's turmoil cooled down, the authorities started letting us outside…" d. "if anything made that country habitable it was the mountains themselves…"

What is a hyperbole in the book messenger

Alittle later than his thisbe had, and he could see what surely were the tracks of a wild beast left clearly on deep dust. his face grew ashen. and when he had found the bloodstained shawl, he cried: "now this same night will see two lovers lose their lives: she was the one more worthy of long life: it's i who bear the guilt for this. which statement best describes how the order of events creates tension?