Read the stanzas from "night."
under at an unfaltering pace,
under till the rinds break,
back till each bent leaf
is parted from its stalk;
under at a grave pace,
under till the leaves
are bent back
till they drop upon earth,
back till they are all broken
why does the poet repeat the word "under" in these stanzas?

The poet repeats the word "under" in these stanzas to establish the figurative meaning of the petals

Explanation:

"Night" is a representation of the detachment of H.D. from victorian style to get into modernism, every line where the rose loses its petals, and when it is described that they fall to the ground it represents how H.D. leaves behind the conventionalism of the old literary forms of victorian writers, the petals represent all the things that are no longer necessary.

b

explanation:

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.