Poetry is an art form that allows the poet to present his or her interpretation of the world around him or her. As American poet Ezra Pound once said, “Literature does not exist in a vacuum.” Examine the poems of one poet and explain how his or her writing developed over the course of his or her life. Contrast the ways in which his or her style, poetic devices, language, and themes were expressed in his or her poems.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

If the court issues an injunction against the school's rule, will the petitioning students be glad or upset?

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry