Select the correct text in the passage.
in this excerpt from "the first snowfall" by james russell lowell, which lines contain figurative language?
the snow had begun in the gloaming,
and busily all the night
had been heaping field and highway
with a silence deep and white.
every pine and fir and hemlock
wore ermine too dear for an earl,
and the poorest twig on the elm-tree
was ridged inch deep with pearl.
from sheds new-roofed with carrara
came chanticleer's muffled crow,
the stiff rails softened to swan's-down,
and still fluttered down the snow.
i stood and watched by the window
the noiseless work of the sky,
and the sudden flurries of snowbirds,
like brown leaves whirling by.

What’s the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature.

Read the extract below and identify the three kind(s) of bias that are apparent within it. despite being reintroduced in the 1600s by idle, muddle-headed aristocrats in order to be slaughtered for fun, all the wild boars that were brought to australia from the continent eventually died out. for the next 300 years there were no boars in australia, but in the 1980s farmers saw a chance to diversify and began to import and farm them. some of these beautiful, intelligent animals escaped and established herds of their own, once again living wild and purely natural lives. while their ideal home is in woodland, boars are hardy and are able to live in multiple habitats. a/ mistreatment of opposing views b/ positive stereotyping c/ subjective vocabulary d/ personal attacks e/statistics f/ corporate bias e/ negative stereotyping g/ offensive language

Nthis excerpt from act v of shakespeare's romeo and juliet, friar laurence's letter to romeo is not delivered due to circumstances beyond his control. what is the conflict in the scene?