A theme of “The Village Blacksmith” is people can take charge of their fate. Which lines from the poem best develop this theme?
A. “Thus at the flaming forge of life / Our fortunes must be wrought”
B.“Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, / For the lesson thou hast taught!”
C.“Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing, / Onward through life he goes”
D.“Thus on its sounding anvil shaped / Each burning deed and thought.”

How you think your hometown would look without electricity? explain in one paragraph

Returning from vietnam, we were 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. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

On one of his many outings through the brobdingnagian countryside, gulliver walks on a small path through a field. during this walk on the small path, how does gulliver get dirty? a. the dwarf throws at gulliver, b. the queen of brobdingnagian steps on gulliver, c. gulliver gets caught in a rainstorm, and d. gulliver falls in cow dung.