Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this passage.

What effect does imagery have on the meaning of "Here Is New York" by E. B. White?

The commuter dies with tremendous mileage to his credit, but he is no rover. His entrances and exits are more devious than those in a prairie-dog village; and he calmly plays bridge while buried in the mud at the bottom of the East River. The Long Island Rail Road alone carried forty million commuters last year; but many of them were the same fellow retracing his steps.

a. By describing the many miles a commuter travels, the writer emphasizes the important role they play in New York’s character.
b. By using specific examples that illustrate how many people travel through New York, it helps explain just how large and grand the city truly is.
c. The imagery describes the routes of the commuters and how much ground they travel on a day-to-day basis.
d. The description of how commuters enter and exit the city illustrates the point that commuters do not experience the true New York.

DON"T GUESS

 The description of how commuters enter and exit the city illustrates the point that commuters do not experience the true New York.

Explanation:

the third paragraph is your answer,

"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "

main idea: it is important to prepare today for the needs of tomorrow.

the grasshopper was dying due to hunger, and this was because he didn't prepare for the winter.

the ants told the grasshopper, "if you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."

the ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.