Read the passage.

when i consider how my light is spent
ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
and that one talent which is death to hide,
lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
to serve therewith my maker, and present
my true account, lest he returning chide;
“doth god exact day labor, light denied? ”

when john milton wrote his sonnet xix, he was facing the physical challenge of blindness. what fears are described in these lines of verse from the sonnet?

the speaker describes how he fears that his blindness may prevent him from serving god through poetic writing.

the speaker describes how he fears that he may have spent all of his savings.

the speaker describes how he fears that blindness has robbed him of his one talent.

the speaker describes how he fears that he does not have the patience to continue writing poetry.

Option A

Explanation:

John Milton, a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote “Sonnet XIX” in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his philosophical view on animism and God. In the beginning of the sonnet, Milton suggests that his primacy of experience have been deferred when he became blind. The words, “dark”, “death”, and “useless” (lines 2-4) describe the emotional state of Milton.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)