What effect does the repetition of the word "and” have on this stanza? It emphasizes that a quiet hill is much more desirable than a droning bee.
It highlights the poet’s desire to seek a quiet hill with a cotton tree.
It stresses the images of the crystal rill, the droning bee, and the cottage, but not the ferns.
It connects and gives equal importance to all of the ideas and images in the stanza.

How does the author use the actions of neptune over the course of the text to develop the theme? a) neptune goes out of his way to bless ulysses and his men in their attempts to journey home. b) neptune speaks to the other gods throughout the excerpt and warns them about problems caused by ulysses. c) neptune caused the deaths of the sailors by placing them in the way of the cattle of the sun-god hyperion. d) neptune causes trouble for ulysses throughout the excerpt, making it impossible for him to settle down with family.