Superheart
marion shore

like superman with all his super powers,
cruising at lightning speed around the earth,
or leaping from metropolis’s towers,
or soaring toward his fortress in the north,
his mighty prowess never falling victim
to any weapon save for (strangely enough)
a fragment of his long-lost planet krypton,
wounded by what he could not but love,
so i too had lately come to feel
invulnerable, the enemy subdued,
the bullets bouncing off my heart of steel,
safe in its artic fortress of solitude,
or rising up in solitary flight—
and then you came along: my kryptonite.
which best expresses the theme of this poem?
a) love can weaken even the strongest defenses.
b) love is in the face of refusal and denial.
c) love, while claiming to be mighty, is actually weak.
d) superman is the greatest superhero there has ever been.

Read this excerpt from "ain't i a woman? " by sojoumer truth in which three sentences does she make an emotional appeal to the audience by talking about her personal hardships? well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. {i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.} but what's all this here talking about? {that man over there says that women need to be into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. nobody ever me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place} and ain't i a woman? look at me! look at my arm! {i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into bars, and no man could head me! } and ain't i a woman? i could work as much and eat as much as a man - when i could get it - and bear the lash as well! and ain't i a woman? {i have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mother's grief, none but jesus heard me! } and ain't i a woman? {then they talk about this thing in the head, what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect") that's it, honey.} what's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? if my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

What happens once in a minute twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful