Read the excerpt and then complete the sentences that follow. to an athlete dying young by a. e. housman (excerpt) the time you won your town the race we chaired you through the market-place; man and boy stood cheering by, and home we brought you shoulder-high. to-day, the road all runners come, shoulder-high we bring you home, and set you at your threshold down, townsman of a stiller town. . now you will not swell the rout of lads that wore their honours out, runners whom renown outran and the name died before the man. so set, before the echoes fade, the fleet foot on the sill of shade, and hold to the low lintel up the still-defended challenge-cup. and round that early-laurelled head will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, and find unwithered on its curls the garland briefer than a girl's. in the poem, the phrase "sill of shade" refers to . the narrator of this poem is .

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Analyze lowell’s use of symbolism in the poem “for the union dead.” explain how lowell’s use of symbolism to develop one or more themes in the text.

Evaluate one of the speeches you heard about a plan to erect a statue honoring the pioneers. choose the speech you disagree with, and write a two- or three-paragraph rebuttal in the form of a letter to the editor. (apex english 11 sem 1)