Read the excerpt from "A Poison Tree." And I sunned it with smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright
What does the author allude to in this excerpt?
O Roman marriage seeds
Buddhist Bodhi tree
O Egyptian sun god
O Biblical forbidden fruit

Reading critically involves reading to criticize reading many texts questioning a text talking about interests

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Jane addams's memoir, twenty years at hull-house, describes her work with