In silence he listened to his own heart ruffle away, away, at last gone from his ears and back in his chest again. What effect does this mood have on the reader?

The mood of the poem has an effect that is one of melancholy and parting.

Explanation:

The use of the line in the way in which the going away of the heart in a ruffling is accentuated in the phrase heart ruffle away, away , it is evident that the poet is going for a melancholic mood that delves into the pain of separation with oneself.

The poem finds the person in isolation and noticing the signs of the heart returning to his own chest in the grim peace that he finds in his somber state of ruffling away from passion to poise in the silence of inaction.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)