Below is the last stanza of a poem, "dover beach," written in 1876 by matthew arnold.    ah, love, let us be true    to one another! for the world, which seems    to lie before us like a land of dreams,    so various, so beautiful, so new,    hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,    nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain;    and we are here as on a darkling plain    swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,    where ignorant armies clash by night. which one of the following statements best characterizes arnold's view of the world? a. the world is made for lovers. b. the world is a confusing and hostile place. c. the world is just a dream. d. the world is not a beautiful place.

Read michelle’s claim statement for a literary analysis essay about a nonfiction text. in his autobiography up from slavery, booker t. washington shows how the different settings, or places he lived, affected his life, work ethic, and beliefs. which quote from the text can she use as evidence to support her claim? a. “the early years of my life, which were spent in the little cabin, were not very different from those of thousands of other slaves.” b. “after some hours had passed, the head teacher said to me: ‘the adjoining recitation-room needs sweeping. take the broom and sweep it.’” c. “during my last year at hampton every minute of my time that was not occupied with my duties as janitor was devoted to hard study.” d. “after the coming of freedom there were two points upon which practically all the people on our place were agreed… that they must change their names, and that they must leave the old plantation for at least a few days or weeks in order that they might really feel sure that they were free.”