What does the alliteration “clasps the crag with crooked hands” in the opening line draw attention to?
a) the difficulty of the bird holding onto the rock b) the size of the rock on which the bird sits c) the tiring body of the old bird d) the sharp and powerful talon of the birds
here is the poem
the eagle by alfred lord tennyson (excerpt) he clasps the crag with crooked hands; close to the sun in lonely lands, ring'd with the azure world, he stands. the wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; he watches from his mountain walls, and like a thunderbolt he falls.

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Which is not among the style choices a writer would use, if he or she is trying to establish a formal writing style/

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky