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which excerpt from thomas hardy's "the darkling thrush" most plainly expresses awe for its subject?
a. "so little cause for caroline's/of such ecstatic "
b. "i leant upon a coppice gate/ when frost was spectre-"
c. "the tangled bine-stems scored the sky,/like strings of broken "
d. "the land's sharp features seemed to be/the century's corpse "

He said it was because a private detective sees the dark side of human nature. but whatever the reason, gill landers had an innate suspicion of politicians. when senator randy brill walked into his office on that summer day in august, mopping his flushed features with a monogrammed handkerchief, gill could think of no good reason to change his attitude. he'd only met brill once. that had been two years ago at a country club reception for state political notables. since then, he'd learned all he wanted to know about the senator's sinister reputation. gill sat back in his chair, put his feet on his desk, and fought to keep a poker face. but there was no way he could stop the chill that coursed along his spine like a rush of ice water. 29. in this paragraph, the word notables probably signifies that the persons so described a. would like to be politicians. b. are wealthy people. c. have political influence. d. are contributors to charity.

1. imaginary persons in a novel believable characters 2. characterization long prose narrative 3. real in the fictional world of the novel creation of characters 4. the novel world of fiction 5. world of the novel characters i need the answer

How many stanzas does this poem have, shall i compare thee to a summer day?