Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough, and stands about the woodland ride wearing white for eastertide. now, of my threescore years and ten, twenty will not come again, and take from seventy springs a score, it only leaves me fifty more. and since to look at things in bloom fifty springs are little room, about the woodlands i will go to see the cherry hung with snow. which idea best states what the cherry blossoms symbolize? a. life is full of sadness and regret b. life goes by much to quickly c. life should be routinely questioned d. life is always pleasant and beautiful

The excerpt above is from page 21 of harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j.k rowling. which passage represents a

Discuss how social status may align with historical criticism.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.