"i shall forget you presently, my dear (sonnet iv)"
edna st. vincent millay, 1892 - 1950
i shall forget you presently, my dear,
so make the most of this, your little day,
your little month, your little half a year
ere i forget, or die, or move away,
and we are done forever; by and by
i shall forget you, as i said, but now,
if you entreat me with your loveliest lie
i will protest you with my favorite vow.
i would indeed that love were longer-lived,
and vows were not so brittle as they are,
but so it is, and nature has contrived
to struggle on without a break thus far,—
whether or not we find what we are seeking
is idle, biologically speaking.

how does the sonnet structure contribute to the meaning of the poem?
a) it does not have any effect on the meaning of the poem.
b) it sets up a mystery at the beginning and then solves it with the couplet at the end.
c) it sets up a humorous situation in the first part, then changes to a more serious one with the couplet at the end.
d) it sets up an idea at the start, then explores another, and comes back to the first idea with the couplet at the end.

Read the passage. “ah, are you digging on my grave my loved one? —planting rue? ” —“no: yesterday he went to wed one of the brightest wealth has bred.” in “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” by thomas hardy, what has happened to the dead woman’s widower? he has moved away. he has remarried. he has come to visit. he has died.

Which line of dialogue best describes mrs. x’s sense of superiority over miss y at the begging of the play? a. “if you wanted to shoot me it wouldn’t be so surprising, because i stood in your way.” b. “home is the best of all, the theatre next and children—well, you wouldn’t undertake that.” c. i embroidered them myself—i can’t bear tulips, but he wants tulips on everything.” d. it’s sinful to sit here and make fun of ones husband this way when he is kind and a good little man.”

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.