The battle's done—let's strive now to forget
with songs and dancing all night long,
with bacchus leading us to make thebes shake.

which word describes the mood this passage creates for the audience?

melancholy
joyful
peaceful
suspenseful

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You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?

Magine you are writing a love poem. which of the following words use the appropriate connotation? flower buds harsh tune sudden attack grave digger