My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,
born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,
i, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
hoping to cease not till death.

which statement best describes the effect of the language in this stanza?

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

Do eilinor and marianne each end up with the best husband possible? give reasons for your answer.

Which generalization does the speaker make in the last stanza of to a louse? a) our main source of power comes from living blunder-free lives b) sometimes the best gifts come in the form of little creatures c) seeing ourselves as others see us would free us from blundering