Read these lines from the poem. So I sang a lay for a brother's ear In a strain to soothe his bleeding heart, What is the effect of the imagery in these lines? It emphasizes that, like the speaker, his friend has experienced a painful life and is need of relief. It develops the idea that the speaker believes that misery is easily overcome with music. It clarifies that, like the speaker, his friend is an admirer of music and its benefits. It conveys the idea that the speaker believes his friend is too sympathetic toward others.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

Why are danforth, hathorne, and the other authorities so resistant to believing the claim that abigail and the other girls are lying?

Which excerpt is an example of a claim of policy from compulsory voting an idea whose time has come