When that april with his showers *soote
the drought of march hath piercèd to the root
and bathèd every **vein in such liquor
of which virtúe engendered is the flower

(*sweet **root in such liquid )
[-canterbury tales, chaucer]

april is the cruellest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land,
mixing memory and desire, stirring
dull roots with spring rain.
[-the wasteland, t. s. eliot]

t. s. eliot's the wasteland has opening lines which echo the opening lines of geoffrey chaucer's canterbury tales. however, the feelings conveyed vary greatly. which best analyzes this difference?
a) both poems have a sense of tension and foreboding in their descriptions of spring.
b) the wasteland has sensory images of smell and taste, but canterbury tales opening lines appeal to sight and sound.
c) the wasteland has sensory images of taste and touch, but canterbury tales opening lines appeal to smell and sound.
d) the imagery in the waste land describes april as cruel, but chaucer portrays the showers of april as sweet and bathing the roots of flowers.

Hich excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" best infers what will be fortunato's downfall? the gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode he had a weak point --this fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. he prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. "nitre," i replied. "how long have you had that cough? " "my friend, no; i will not impose upon your good nature. i perceive you have an engagement. luchresi--"

Bella is going to write a research paper. she chose sports as her topic, but her teacher said she must narrow or limit her topic. choose the topic that limits the broad topic of sports the most. a) a history of sports in the united states b) a history of tennis c) rules and etiquette of tennis d) training and equipment for outdoor sports

Read the passage from animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. she knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of napoleon. but still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. it was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of jones's gun. such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. what was most likely orwell’s purpose for writing this passage? to show that clover is more sensitive to violence than the others to remind readers of major's speech and the original rebellion to present napoleon as a cruel leader unworthy of the animals’ support to represent misled followers and their dashed hopes for better lives