Read the stanza from "night." o night, you take the petals of the roses in your hand, but leave the stark core of the rose to perish on the branch. what does the word “stark” mean in this stanza?

It means bare.

“Bare” refers to something that is not clothed, something that is uncovered and exposed to view. The author claims that the night metaphorically takes the petals of the roses, leaving their cores simple, stripped and without any type of decoration or cover, similarly to leaving their cores “bare” or “stark”.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

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