Character traits of the speaker in the poem “The King Speaks To The Scribe",by Keki N. Daruwalla

The speaker of this poem is a king who has just won a war. However, instead of showing characteristics of someone proud and happy with his victory, the king shows himself to be a dejected, sad, melancholy and depressive character. The speaker is a shameful, regretful and desperate character who is completely overcome by sadness and lost in relation to his actions. The king feels that way, because winning has not prevented his people from suffering and experiencing very serious needs, making them miserable and leaving the king in deep sadness.

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)