In “i’m explaining a few things” why was the speaker’s house called the house of flowers?

The House of the Flowers was the real name of Pablo Neruda's (the speaker) house in Madrid, where he had moved in 1934 after having been appointed consul of Chile in that Spanish city. Every spring, the facade of the house, which still exists today, is covered with the flowers that adorn its balconies, and, moreover, throughout the building there are several patios with abundant vegetation. The speaker mentions the name of the house, and he describes it with detail, emotion, and pride, because flowers mean life, and joy, and beauty, and since he is also recalling the day everything changed when the Spanish Civil War broke out, bringing death and desolation to his neighborhood, it is a very effective way to compare the two realities: flowers and life and beauty as opposed to "burning metal" and war and death. This emblematic building was severely damaged during the conflict, and soldiers from the republican side lived in it and used it as a warehouse.            

B: It was covered with geraniums.

Explanation:

A summary of the first answer, geraniums are plants.

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)

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