We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon;
how restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver,
streaking the darkness radiantly! —yet soon
night closes round, and they are lost for ever:

by contrasting "darkness” with "radiantly,” shelley :

-emphasizes that although life is fleeting, it is exciting.
-compares the spark of creativity to the enduring night sky.
-introduces the idea that people are destined to live life in darkness.
-explains that people are permanent, bright fixtures like the heavens.

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text