Liz rosenberg (b. 1958)
in the end, we are all light
i love how old men carry purses for their wives,
those stiff light beige or navy wedge-shaped bags
that match the women's pumps,
with small gold clasps that click open and shut.
the men drowse off in medical center waiting rooms,
with bags perched in their laps like big tame birds
too worn to flap away. within, the wives slowly undress,
put on the thin white robes, consult, come out
and wake the husbands dreaming openmouthed.
and when they both rise up
to take their constitutional,
walk up and down the block, her arms are free as air,
his right hand dangles down.
with bags
flap away. robes, co
so i, desiring to shed this skin
for some light silken one,
will tell my husband, "here, hold this,”
and watch him amble off into the mall among the shining
cans of motor oil, my leather bag
slung over his massive shoulder bone,
so prettily slender-waisted, so forgiving of the ways
we hold each other down, that watching him
i see how men love women, and women men,
and how the burden of the other comes to be
light as a feather blown, more quickly vanishing.
i need a 5 paragraph written analysis on this poem pl

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Identify the evidential support for the claim that uninsurance is a financial burden. check all of the statements that give evidence.

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