To what does the pronoun “it” refer in lines 5-6 in poem “the last word”
poem
when i saw your head bow, i knew i had beaten you.
you shed no tear not tear me it held your neck
bare for the blow i had been too frightened
ever to deliver, even in words. and now
in spite of me, plummeting it came.
frozen we both waited for its fall.
most of what you gave me i have forgotten
with my mind but taken into my body,
but this i remember well; the bones of your neck
and the strain in my shoulders as i heaved you that huge
double blade and snapped my wrists to swing
the handle down and hear the axe’s edge
nick through your flesh and creak into the block.

Which piece of evidence would best support reason #1? othe history of using animals for research extends asfar back as 322 bce, when early greek physician-scientists, such as aristotle and erasistratus,performed various experiments on living animals.animal research played an essential role in thedevelopment of herceptin and tamoxifen, twomedications that have already saved the lives ofthousands of women who have been diagnosed withbreast cancer.even those who believe in testing on animals when it is hnecessary for vital medical research practice what isknown as "the 3 rs-reduction, refinement, andreplacement to reduce the number of animals usedfor testing.biologists believe that chimpanzees share at least 98.4percent of the same dna as humans and gorillas shareat least 97 percent, making primates a popular andlikely choice for the testing of products intended for humans

What is the best prediction of the meaning of thrilling based on the context clues?

What is the message? how does langston hughes convey the message in this poem?