How can a reader learn to interpret poetry better, according to the essay?
a. by researching common themes in poets' past works
b. by considering only the literal meanings of words and phrases
c. by focusing on words and phrases that each have only one meaning
d. by looking for multiple meanings of words and phrases

Select the correct answer to which literary movement did ambrose bierce belong? a. romanticism b. realism c. naturalism d. neoclassicism

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

Reread paragraph 4. what direct impact did the efforts individuals like ava deer have?