Iknew a woman, lovely in her bones, when small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them; ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one: the shapes a bright container can contain! of her choice virtues only gods should speak, or english poets who grew up on greek (i’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek). source: source: roethke, theodore. “i knew a woman.” the collected poems of theodore roethke. new york: random house inc., 1961. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011. which excerpt best illustrates a contemplative mood? “i’d have them sing in chorus,” “ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one: ” “the shapes a bright container can contain! ” “lovely in her bones,”

The excerpt that best illustrates a contemplative mood is "Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one."

Explanation:

Mood is a literary device that has to do with the emotional feeling caused in readers by a literary work. According to this excerpt, the emotional feeling caused in readers is a contemplative one. This means that the reader feels as if he spends a lot of time thinking or meditating on the subject of the woman moving.

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.