Read the excerpt below from the play antigone by sophocles and answer the question that follows. guard: that’s when we saw the girl. she was shrieking— a distressing painful cry, just like a bird who’s seen an empty nest, its fledglings gone. which mood is created by the figurative language used in the passage? compassionate hateful distrustful joyful

Which of the following lines contains a simile? you wet brown bag of a womani think that i shall never see/ a poem lovely as a treebecause i could not stop for death/ he kindly stopped for mea little learning is a dangerous thing

Part a: what are two main ideas of maria w. stewart’s speech? a god is responsible for the discriminatory treatment of african americans. b any individual who decides to commit to a life of domestic servitude is disgraceful. c african americans and women are products of the unfair treatment they receive in the united states. d slavery has crushed african americans’ will to resist and overcome discriminatory practices. e african american women can merely pray for divine intervention for equal rights, as they are not a priority for social reformers. f african americans should work to advance their status by demanding more opportunities for education and meaningful work.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief