The speaker in life doesn't frighten me says that mother goose lions and kissy little girls are alike in that

they do not frighten him or her
only children fear them
they are imaginary being
they make him or her laugh

the walrus and the carpenter trick the oysters in order to

get them to walk
play with them
eat them
teach them about life

how many stressed syllables are in these lines?

the sea was wet as wet could be/the sands were dry as dry

4 in the first line, 3 in the second line
4 in the first line, 4 in the second line
4 in the first line, 6 in the second line
3 in the first line, 6 in the second line

which sentence usees the italicized word incorrectly

the dismal news was welcomed by everyone
the judges deem her poems to be the best
the oysters beseech the walrus to stop
i sympathize with the lost child