(1) the day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings of night, as a feather is wafted downward from an eagle in his flight. which is a paraphrase of lines 1–4 of longfellow’s poem? feathers fall from the sky. dark clouds cover the sky. an eagle with dark feathers is flying. nighttime has come

"As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle" is a paraphrase form the first and third lines.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

i'm not sure what the second paragraph is but a decree is an official order issued by legal authority. find the one that best fits this definition.