1. compare and contrast the role of nature and the natural world in two poems from this unit: walt whitman’s “come up from the fields father” and sara teasdale’s “there will come soft rains.” be sure to use specific examples from both poems to support your response.

"Come Up from the Fields Father" is a poem about how a mother receives a letter saying that her husband has died. The poem starts out with the daughter enjoying the  countryside. 
"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a poem about Earth being turned into a wasteland after a nuclear war. Animals slowly die but other things still go on.
The role of nature as described in the two poems is that it sets an expectation of something good. The natural world will bring us bad things and will continue on without us.

Which statements describe the relationship of earth and its moon? check all that apply.the moon orbits earth following a nearly circular path.the gravitational pull of earth on the moon is parallel to the velocity of the moon.the moon orbits earth in 1 earth day.the same face of the moon always points toward earth.the moon’s orbit is the result of the interaction between the moon’s inertia and the gravitational force from earth