Read the excerpt from "Digging." Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down

Read the haiku by Bashō.

Clear water—
a tiny crab
crawling up my leg.

Which statement best describes the similarities between the excerpt from "Digging” and the haiku?

Both use alliteration to connect ideas and create interesting sounds.
Both are disjointed by the sound devices used by the poets.
Both explore the topic of farming.
Both shift from the present time to the past.

In henrik ibsen's a doll's house, there are numerous references to dolls. nora mentions how she has bought dolls for her daughter, emmy. she also refers to her children as "nice little dolly children." which interpretation of this reference to dolls is the most plausible? a. the dolls symbolize nora’s childhood. they are a reminder of nora’s father and how he made her happy with dolls every time she was sad or upset. b. the dolls symbolize the deceptive ways in which nora pretends to live in a nice world even though she engages in criminal activity. c. the dolls symbolize both nora and her children. just as nora is a toy and plaything for torvald, her children seem to be her toys and playthings. d. the dolls symbolize nora's indifference toward her children. instead of nourishing her children with love, nora uses the dolls to show them her affection.

You suspect that this article has left out some facts that might lead the reader to believe that someone else made the star-spangled banner. what is the best way to verify this? by consulting a variety of sources by disregarding the article entirely by writing a letter to the editor of the publication that printed the article by reading various historical accounts by verifying the opinions

In at least two hundred words, discuss why "désirée's baby" is or is not relevant today.