In "a poison tree," what is the symbol of the speaker's anger?
a. the water
b. the tree
c. tears
d. a vial of poison
this is the poem:
i was angry with my friend;
i told my wrath, my wrath did end.
i was angry with my foe:
i told it not, my wrath did grow.
and i waterd it in fears,
night & morning with my tears:
and i sunned it with smiles,
and with soft deceitful wiles.
and it grew both day and night.
till it bore an apple bright.
and my foe beheld it shine,
and he knew that it was mine.
and into my garden stole,
when the night had veild the pole;
in the morning glad i see;
my foe outstretched beneath the tree.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.

In at least one hundred words discuss how tradition vs change is a theme in things fall apart