How do the images support Lowell's theme? Birds represent change. Leaves and snow
suggest complacency and immobility.
The birds' activity contrasts with the poet's
melancholy feelings about snow and leaves.
Birds stand for lively spring and summer.
Dead leaves and snow suggest still fall and
winter.

Comparing and contrasting is a form of

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

Ineed writing a reflective essay about hiking?