Read the poem and answer the question. "an hymn to the evening" soon as the sun forsook the eastern main, the pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain: majestic grandeur! from the zephyr's wing exhales the incense of the blooming spring. soft purl the streams; the birds renew their notes, and through the air their mingled music floats. through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread! but the west glories in the deepest red: so may our breasts with ev'ry virtue glow, the living temples of our god below. fill'd with the praise of him who gives the light and draws the sable curtains of the night, let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind at morn to wake more heav'nly, more refin'd; so shall the labours of the day begin more pure, more guarded from the snares of sin. night's leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes; then cease, my song, till fair aurora rise. what does the word sable mean in line 12?
dark
fur
gloomy
thick

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

When reading a poem closely to interpret its meaning and nuances, what can give you clues about the theme of the poem? athe rhyme schemebthe stanza structurecthe title of the poemd. the name of the poet

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.