Read the excerpt from "Americans mark 18th anniversary of Sept. 11 with tears, politics and remembrance" (2019): Like the families, the nation is still grappling with the aftermath of Sept. 11. The effects are visible from airport security checkpoints to Afghanistan, where the post-9/11 U. S.-led
invasion has become America's longest war. The aim was to dislodge Afghanistan's then-ruling Taliban militants for harboring Al Qaeda leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

What is the relationship between the two underlined sentences?

•The sentences state two different main ideas of the article.
•The first sentence states problem and the second sentence gives a solution.
•The first sentence states a main idea of the article and the second sentence highlights a supporting detail.
•The first sentence states a claim from the article and the second sentence offers a statement of contradiction.

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.