Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.

“blazon”
by cecilia woloch

—after breton

my love with his hair of nightingales
with his chest of pigeon flutter, of gray doves preening themselves at dawn
with his shoulders of tender balconies half in shadow, half in sun
my love with his long-boned thighs the map of paris of my tongue
with his ink-stained tongue, his tongue the tip
of a steeple plunged into milky sky
my love with his wishing teeth
with his fingers of nervous whispering, his fingers of a boy
whose toys were cheap and broken easily
my love with his silent thumbs
with his eyes of a window smudged of a train that passes in the night
with his nape of an empty rain coat
hung by the collar, sweetly bowed
my love with his laughter of an empty stairwell, rain all afternoon
with his mouth the deepest flower to which
i have ever put my mouth

source: woloch, cecilia. “blazon.” blogalicious. diane lockward, 17 jan. 2010. web. 17 may 2011.

what makes this poem a blazon?

the poet uses rhyme and iambic pentameter.
the poet compares her love to beautiful things in nature.
the poem is written as a modern sonnet.
the poem uses hyperbole and imagery.

The poem is a blazon because THE POET COMPARES HER LOVE TO BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN NATURE.

In literature, the blazon refers to a poem that list series of physical attributes of a person or character. Most of the time, the character is usually a female. This type of poem was used freely during the Elizabethan period. This type of poem always compares the body parts of a subject to other things such as jewels, celestial body, natural phenomenon, etc.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a is is the correct answer