Read these lines from the poem. yea, even the wasting locust-swarm, which mighty nations dread, to me nor terror brings, nor harm— for i make of them my bread. what do these lines suggest about the bushman? a.) the bushman is as vulnerable to natural disaster as other cultures. b.) the bushman is sympathetic to problems that affect other cultures. c.) his isolation from civilization makes it difficult for him to relate to other cultures. d.) his lifestyle enables him to survive in situations that would devastate other cultures.

Thomas Pringle was born in January 5, 1789, in Blaiklaw, Roxburghshire, South Africa. He and studied at Kelso and afterwards, in 1805, at Edinburgh University. He became Commissioner of the Public Records of Scotland, and co-editor of The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine and Constable's Magazine, in 1817. He was married to Margaret Brown. In 1819 he published his first book of poems, The Autumnal Excursion.

By 1824 he had become co-editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser and had opened a school. Two years later he left South Africa for London, where he did literary work and served as Secretary to the Anti-Slavery Society until his death on December 5, 1834.

Pringle is the author of The Bushman.

These lines suggest that:

D.) His lifestyle enables him to survive in situations that would devastate other cultures.

Bushmen are known for living in the extremist conditions of the Kalahari desert, where other African tribes would die, they thrive.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.