Why does the author make the comparison between memorizing the entire Bible and memorizing the Mississippi?

How do to my dear loving husband and to the kings most excellent majesty's reflect cultural values of their time

How many stanzas does this poem have, shall i compare thee to a summer day?

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.