Compare and contrast the gothic elements used in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" to the gothic elements used in Burton's "Vincent." Is there any overlap in the elements they use? Does one use an element differently than the other? Consider setting, characters, mood & tone, theme, and/or plot

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

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

Wind blowing briskly leaves falling from the tree which best identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza? 1.) free verse2.) iambic pentameter3.)sonnet4.) quatain