Evening by victoria mary sack-ville-west
when little lights in little ports come out, quivering down through water with the stars, and all the fishing fleet of slender spars, range at their moorings, veer with tide about; when race of wind is stilled and sails are furled, and underneath our single riding-light, the curve of black-ribbed deck gleams palely white, and slumbrous waters pool a slumbrous world; then, and then only, have i thought how sweet, old age might sink upon a windy youth, quiet beneath the riding-light of truth, weathered through storms, and gracious in retreat. how do the lines in bold develop the theme of the poem?
a. they create tension between action and inaction.
b. they imply the growing darkness of death.
c. they suggest the end of an active life.
d. they support the metaphor of sailing.

Which if the following can you infer about maggie?

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.

Reflect on the passages above and your responses to them. compose a response to this questions: how does the use of metaphor bring to life or intensify whatever the author is describing? do you think metaphors enhance description or make them too difficult to understand? explain your response.