In the odyssey, what do the opening lines reveal about the subject of the poem?

sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy.
many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home.
question 15 options:

a)

this homesick sailor is struggling to save his crewmen and himself.

b)

the sailor doesn’t know how to chart his journey.

c)

the sailor is given wrong directions from a muse.

d)

the sailor is being punished by an outside force.

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

What is articulating thoughts and ideas effectively using oral written and non-verbal skills a part of

In a short story the narrator's word choice