-the first half is in the pic- -to prevent a mass invasion even though at that time the
Germans had a magnificent battle fleet in the proportion
of 10 to 16, even though they were capable of fighting a
general engagement every day and any day, whereas now
they have only a couple of heavy ships worth speaking of
– the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau. We are also told
that the Italian Navy is to come out and gain sea
superiority in these waters. If they seriously intend it, I
shall only say that we shall be delighted to offer Signor
Mussolini a free and safeguarded passage through the
Strait of Gibraltar in order that he may play the part to
which he aspires. There is a general curiosity in the British
Fleet to find out whether the Italians are up to the level
they were at in the last war or whether they have fallen off
at all.
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How does the structure of the excerpt help to convey the speech's purpose and arguments?
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"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification