Consider Lord Acton's famous pronouncement "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” How and why is this statement applicable to the course of events in the novel?

That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang in me thou sees the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west; which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. in me thou seest the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire, consumed with that which it was nourished by. this thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well, which thou must leave ere long. the first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to a.yellow leaves b.sweet birds c.bare choirs d.summer

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.

What are the effects of parallel structure in this excerpt? check all that apply. it adds emphasis to the verbs that describe the british government’s oppression. it uses repetition to add power to the colonists’ growing list of grievances. it stresses jefferson’s list of grievances, giving the reader a sense of the amount of time the colonists have been oppressed. it emphasizes that all of these acts were carried out by the same person.