Read the excerpt below from the poem “ulalume” by edgar allan poe and answer the question that follows. the skies they were ashen and sober; the leaves they were crispéd and sere— the leaves they were withering and sere; it was night in the lonesome october of my most immemorial year; it was hard by the dim lake of auber, in the misty mid region of weir— it was down by the dank tarn of auber, in the ghoul-haunted woodland of weir. here once, through an alley titanic, of cypress, i roamed with my soul— of cypress, with psyche, my soul. these were days when my heart was volcanic as the scoriac rivers that roll— as the lavas that restlessly roll their sulphurous currents down yaanek in the ultimate climes of the pole— that groan as they roll down mount yaanek in the realms of the boreal pole. our talk had been serious and sober, but our thoughts they were palsied and sere— our memories were treacherous and sere— for we knew not the month was october, and we marked not the night of the year— (ah, night of all nights in the year! ) we noted not the dim lake of auber— (though once we had journeyed down here)— we remembered not the dank tarn of auber, nor the ghoul-haunted woodland of weir. source: poe, edgar allan. “ulalume.” poetry foundation. poetry foundation, n. d. web. 24 june 2011. identify at least one example each of alliteration, assonance, consonance, and imagery. discuss the effect of these devices. mark this and return

()activityconstruct an argument about a topic, theme, or idea that you read about in william shakespeare's romeo and juliet, act ii or act iii. make sure you create a central claim for your argument that is debatable. provide textual evidence from the play to support your argument.my analysis juliet shows maturity by putting their needs before hers. after juliet has arranged her 'death' with friar lawrence, she is an emotionally awoken woman who will do anything to be with the one she loves. "and i will do it without fear or doubt, to live an unstained wife to my sweet love". juliet faces her fears and trusts in god and friar lawrence. she is forced to use trickery in order to stay true to dear romeo. this showed remarkable courage. before she takes the potion she uses a soliloquy that confronts all her fears. she speaks in blank verse showing the seriousness of the situation. when juliet awakes to see a lifeless romeo lying beside her, juliet's maturity and loyalty takes over and she takes the decision to choose eternity over the present. the quotation "then i'll be brief. o happy dagger! this is my sheath; there rust, and let me die." shows the quickness and determination of juliet's death. during the period of a few days juliet matures into a committed and reliable woman and wife, capable of taking decisions without the of others. shakespeare shows this by clearly stating the different stages that happen and by making everything occur in a short period of time.part cwrite a 300-word essay arguing the thesis of your analysis.