Read the following poem, then answer the question that follows:

my beautiful penthouse apartment
bursts with pets and plants,
but it's far from paradise.
my arms reach out.
my eyes search.
my heart aches
like adam's
before
eve.

the biblical allusion to adam and eve suggests that the speaker in this poem feels

lucky
lonely
hungry
angry

Which tone best fits a business letter

Which theme do all rivers run to the sea and maus share?

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.