What does the author trying to convey through the following detail in the book - The Life of Abraham Lincoln from His Birth to His Inauguration as President? It was a gloomy day: heavy clouds floated overhead, and a cold rain was falling.
A) To emphasis the setting to the readers during the departure of Lincoln.
B)To emphasis the mannerisms to the readers during the departure of Lincoln.
C)To show the behavior to the readers during the departure of Lincoln.
D)To show time period to the readers during the departure of Lincoln.

The last two lines in a shakespearean sonnet are always without rhyme a rhymed couplet a metaphor humorous

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?