Immensity by a. gautam when i gaze at the stars scattered across a dark plate like a million bits of popcorn, my fingers lose the count. when i look at the mountain top— pounds of vanilla ice cream scooped on a big rock, first my hat drops, then my jaw. and next to the ocean shore a deep bowl of blue kool-aid, i shrink with the ant. in the vast universe, i am as small as small can be. what is the theme of this poem? a. humans are afraid of things that are immense. b. authors often compare themselves to the universe. c. humans are small compared to the universe. d. do not be afraid of things that make you shrink.

“darkness” is straightforward and detailed and more conversational than melodic. true or false

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

Gloom and glory what does the speaker suddenly see and hear in the poem?