In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago
-Christina Rossetti, "A Christmas Carol"
In this excerpt from a poem by Christina Rossetti, how does line length most
clearly contribute to the meaning of the poem?
O A. The relatively short lines create a song-like rhythm to emphasize
the beauty that exists even within a harsh environment
O B. The relatively short lines allow the speaker to share multiple
details to create a more complete visual image of what winter
really looks like.
O C. The relatively short lines appeal to the reader's imagination in
order to show that winter can be as interesting as any other

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

it the climax in the poem