Which two characteristics of this excerpt from james weldon johnson's poem "lift every voice and sing" to classify it as a lyric poem? stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the poem contains imagery that communicates the speakers' emotions. b. the poem is written in sapphic stanzas with lines of alternating meter. c. the poem captures the mood of a specific historical event. d. the poem has a simple rhyme and doesn’t narrate a sequence of events. e. the poem is entirely about past events narrated from an eyewitness's point of view.

The correct answers are:

A. The poem contains imagery that communicates the speakers' emotions.

B. The poem is written in Sapphic stanzas with lines of alternating meter.

There are different characteristics of a lyric poem: it is expressive, written from a first person's perspective, it reveals the feelings of the speaker, and because it is normally short, it tends to use imagery and strenght of language.

The correct answers are: A for in the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" it is possible to see some of the characteristics of a lyric poem, such imagery, first person speaker, and emotions, and B for in lyrical poems it is possible to see sapphic stanzas (three lines of 11 syllables and the last one made up of 5), however, in the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" there is a variation of meter.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)