“god’s world” by edna st. vincent millay o world, i cannot hold thee close enough! thy winds, thy wide grey skies! thy mists, that roll and rise! thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag and all but cry with colour! that gaunt crag to crush! to lift the lean of that black bluff! world, world, i cannot get thee close enough! long have i known a glory in it all, but never knew i this: here such a passion is as stretcheth me apart,—lord, i do fear thou’st made the world too beautiful this year; my soul is all but out of me,—let fall no burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call. source: millay, edna st. vincent. “god’s world.” renascence and other poems. new york: harper & brothers, 1917. poetry foundation. web. 6 may 2011. “spring” by edna st. vincent millay to what purpose, april, do you return again? beauty is not enough. you can no longer quiet me with the redness of little leaves opening stickily. i know what i know. the sun is hot on my neck as i observe the spikes of the crocus. the smell of the earth is good. it is apparent that there is no death but what does that signify? not only underground are the brains of men eaten by maggots. life in itself is nothing, an empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. it is not enough that yearly, down this hill, april comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. source: millay, edna st. vincent. “spring.” second april. new york: j. j. little and ives company, 1921. poetry foundation. web. 05 may 2011. which statement about millay’s techniques in these poems is true? millay uses word choice and sound devices to create different tones. millay’s choice of poetic forms contributes to the overall mood of each poem. millay uses both alliteration and assonance to create distinct tones. all of the statements are true.

Wiesel interrupts the narration that begin with, "a few ss officers wandered through the room, " with a parenthetical insertion. explain the purpose of the insertion.

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Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”