Select the correct answer.
which of these excerpts from poems by emily dickinson uses irony?
a.
my cocoon tightens, colors tease,
i'm feeling for the air;
a dim capacity for wings
degrades the dress i wear.
b.
could she have guessed that it would be;
could but a crier of the glee
have climbed the distant hill;
had not the bliss so slow a pace, —
who knows but this surrendered face
were undefeated still?
c.
one dignity delays for all,
one mitred afternoon.
none can avoid this purple,
none evade this crown.
d.
there's a certain slant of light,
on winter afternoons,
that oppresses, like the weight
of cathedral tunes.

heavenly hurt it gives us;
we can find no scar,
but internal difference
where the meanings are.

e.
exultation is the going
of an inland soul to sea, —
past the houses, past the headlands,
into deep eternity!

Need 50 read the following excerpt and pay close attention to the words the author uses: in the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. i do not shrink from this respons. y - welcome tid not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. the energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will night our country and a who serve it. and the glow from that fire can truly light the world in a paragraph of four to six sentences, identity three words or phrases with positive connotations and explain how these words influence the paragraph. be sure to specifically answer the following questions in your response: what images or ideas are associated with each word? how do these words influence the meaning and tone of this passage? use proper spelling and grammar in your response