Which parts of this passage contain a biblical allusion? so lived the clansmen in cheer and revel a winsome life, till one began to fashion evils, that field of hell. grendel this monster grim was called, march-riever mighty, in moorland living, in fen and fastness; fief of the giants the hapless wight a while had kept since the creator his exile doomed. on kin of cain was the killing avenged by sovran god for slaughtered abel. ill fared his feud, and far was he driven, for the slaughter’s sake, from sight of men. of cain awoke all that woful breed, etins and elves and evil-spirits, nextreset

In walt whitman's attitude toward death in "song of myself" differ from dickinson's attitude in "712: because i could not stop for death"?

What is the phrase a tiny shoot of phase prikled by the mind

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.