Read the excerpt.

my heart aches and drowsy numbness pains
my sense, as though of hemlock i had drunk,
or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
one minute past, and lethe-wards had sunk:
’tis not through envy of thy happy lot,
but being too happy in thine happiness,—
in these lines from verse i of “ode to a nightingale” by john keats, why does the speaker say he feels as though he has taken drugs that make him drowsy and numb?

a. seeing the nightingale makes him envious.
b. he actually has taken drugs that make him feel drowsy and numb.
c. the beauty of the song overwhelms him with joy.
d. hearing the nightingale makes him suicidal.

What background knowledge would best support this inference about mario?

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.