In "goodbye to all that," joan didion writes that the days before she "knew the names of all the bridges were happier than the ones that came later." which evidence from the text best supports the idea that her first years in new york were better than her last years in the city?
a) "the white rose bars opened very early in the morning; i recall waiting in one of them to watch an astronaut go into space, waiting so long that at the moment it actually happened i had my eyes not on the television screen but on a cockroach on the tile floor."
b "i never bought any furniture in new york. for a year or so i lived in other people’s apartments; after that i lived in the nineties in an apartment furnished entirely with things taken from storage by a friend whose wife had moved away."
c)"nothing was irrevocable; everything was within reach. just around every corner lay something curious and interesting, something i had never before seen or done or known about."
d)"temporary exiles who always knew when the flights left for new orleans or memphis or richmond or, in my case, california. someone who lives always with a plane schedule in the drawer lives on a slightly different calendar."

Construct a written analysis of approximately 300−500 words about the poem “the cremation of sam mcgee.” your analysis should explain how the figurative language and literary devices contribute either to the meaning or to the narrative structure— plot, setting, characterization, and point of view—of the poem. your analysis should contain a thesis that is discussed throughout the essay. the essay should also contain textual evidence to support the analysis and a concluding paragraph. be sure to use correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling, and write using a formal style with precise vocabulary. use terms from the list provided below to construct your analysis. ballad—a type of narrative poem that tells a story, usually in the form of a folktale or legend stanza—a division of a poem that consists of two or more lines diction—the selection and use of words that influence the style and tone of the poem connotation—the emotional suggestion or implied meaning of a word that goes beyond its dictionary definition denotation—the actual or dictionary definition of a word rhythm—the recurrence of sound patterns created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables meter—the pattern of beats within a line of poetry created by the rhythmic structure of stressed sounds rhyme scheme—a pattern of rhymes in poetry tone—the attitude of the poet toward the subject or readers, separate from mood or atmosphere mood—the overall or prevailing feeling that is created in a story or poem theme—the central idea of the story that reveals something about human life or behavior as you write your analysis, consider these questions: what is the function of rhyme in the poem? what would the poem be like if it did not rhyme? how do the rhyme and rhythm affect or enhance the meaning of the poem? how does the use of imagery and figurative language affect the poem? how is the subject matter and conflict affected by the structure of the poem? did i conclude my analysis clearly, supporting my analysis?