On the east steps the Air Force Band in uniforms of Air Force blue
is playing hard and loud, but - queer -
the music doesn’t quite come through

In the stanza above the poet contrasts the blue uniforms with the lack of music. Discuss how this makes you feel about the playing of the music.
The blue uniforms are patriotic while the lack of being able to hear the music seems like a lack of patriotism.

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events