Like Encke through the thicket the ship of life from cast sails
amidst dancing surf's
amidst humming waves
it gropes in silent rebellion
and embraces sad anchors
and as rising hope tinds its foct
and chokes human breast,
savours flavour off suavc bodics;
the mast pulls survivors
and with other passengers
It sails to the west

In the five stanzas of this poem. the speaker observes and participates in five american scenes. describe the scene in each stanza. what emotion does each scene evoke?

Pl answer ! i nd ! the importance of being earnest presents characters who live for one thing and one thing only—to do whatever will bring them pleasure. what message does the play get across regarding the pursuit of pleasure? do you think the play paints a positive picture of this pursuit of pleasure or a negative picture? give specific examples from the play to explain your response. do you agree or disagree with this message regarding the pursuit of pleasure? why or why not? (25 points) respond in at least 2 paragraphs. you must answer all parts of the question and give examples from the play for support to earn full credit.

Read the excerpt from "death by black hole."albert einstein's general theory of relativity, published in 1916, provides the insight to understand the bizarre structureof space and time in a high-gravity environment. later research by the american physicist john a. wheeler, and others, to formulate a vocabulary as well as the mathematical tools to describe and predict what a black hole will do toits surroundings.read the excerpt from "man listening to disc."and i bow deeply to thelonious monkfor figuring out a wayto motorize or whatever-his huge pianoso he could be with us today.these excerpts are similar because both texts