-Read this excerpt from Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers” "Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops – at all
What is being compared to hope in the excerpt's central metaphor?
A. A bird
B. Hope
C. Flight
D. Feathers

Character sketch of mini from cabuliwallah.

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room

What effect does an author achieve b the language of the monstrous? y using words with strong connotations? how does this relate to