What is the best description of the theme of “song of the open road” by walt whitman? click here to access the poem. life is a series of definitive choices that are impossible to take back. the road of life is a straight, clear line. life can change from moment to moment. with clear eyes, life is predictable like an open road.

The best answer is the third one: Life can change from moment to moment. Whitman believed that the full experience of life went beyond what was expected. Life is not reasonable or predictable: it is composed of endless possibilities. The "open road" is a metaphor for the ideal life, one that can change any moment, just as a voyage is subject to the whims of the weather and the road. This road is not a straight line, but a series of detours that reveal even more possibilities. Even if you choose badly at a crossroados, you can go back and take the other way.

Explanation:

This poem indicates more structure than other Whitman's works. From the call of "Allons!" (Let's go!) that opens a considerable lot of the stanzas, to the rundowns and rehashed expressions. The poem has the character of a tune: melodic and cadenced, while in the meantime totally offbeat.

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)