Which does not explain why people went west during the mid-1800s? a. they were looking for better economic opportunities. b. they wanted to homestead on free government land. c. they hoped to strike it rich in the california gold fields. d. they dreamed of starting a new nation west of the rockies.

Which stanza structure does emily dickinson use in this excerpt from "hope is the thing with feathers"? hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all, and sweetest in the gale is heard, and sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm.