Read the excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey. out of the cave the mammoth polyphemus roared in ‘nohbdy, nohbdy's tricked me, nohbdy's ruined me! ’ to this rough shout they made a sage reply: ‘ah well, if nobody has played you foul there in your lonely bed, we are no use in pain given by great zeus. let it be your father, poseidon lord, to whom you pray.' what theme is best revealed by this conflict? a. humor can relieve tense situations. b. it is important to be loyal to friends and family. c. trickery is a valuable weapon in battle. d. riddles are best solved with many minds.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief