can anyone help me figure out the meaning to this? also if you can determine if its a metaphor or idiom that would be nice too

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?

“nonfiction dates back to about 40,000 years ago with the first cave paintings. they described actual events that were true records of hunting or fishing trips. most of the historical non-fiction produced came in the form of legal documents, records, and other less than interesting writings, the non- fiction of today can include creative non-fiction, journals, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, diagrams, travelogues, essays, and many other forms that generate interest.” which of the following is an example of a modern work of non-fiction? a. memoirs c. legal records b. cave paintings d. all of the above