What is the effect of the couplets in "to my dear loving husband" and "to the king's most excellent majesty"?
a. they guide the poet in planning the poem.
b. they the poet create a simple rhyming pattern.
c. they the poet break the poem into simple parts.
d. they allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound.

What is the central idea of “the light of gandhi’s lamp”? how does the central idea emerge and develop over the course of the passage? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

After huck's talk with mary jane, she says she'll pray for him. huck thinks: "pray for me! i reckoned if she knowed me she'd take a job that was more nearer her size." in at least 150 words, explain this statement by describing how huck views himself and his behavior in general.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader