Read the excerpt.

Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty swans. The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count… In what way do the swans in "The Wild Swans at Coole" by William Butler Yeats represent eternity?

A. They return every year.

B. They are beautiful.

C. They are white.

D. They fly away.

Which type of characterization is used in the excerpt to reveal claire’s character traits? indirect, direct, both or neither

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?

Read the sentences below. (1) wordsworth believed that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways, and shelley's "ode to the west wind" does just that. (2) in the poem, the speaker calls the wind "thou breath of autumn's being." (3) later in the poem, the speaker refers to the wind as both "destroyer and preserver." which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? a "in addition" b "finally" c "for instance" d "moreover"