Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “spring” by edna st. vincent millay to what purpose, april, do you return again? beauty is not enough. you can no longer quiet me with the redness of little leaves opening stickily. i know what i know. the sun is hot on my neck as i observe the spikes of the crocus. the smell of the earth is good. it is apparent that there is no death but what does that signify? not only underground are the brains of men eaten by maggots. life in itself is nothing, an empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. it is not enough that yearly, down this hill, april comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. source: millay, edna st. vincent. “spring.” second april. new york: j. j. little and ives company, 1921. poetry foundation. web. 05 may 2011. which lines from the poem above illustrate personification? “april/comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.” “life in itself/is nothing/an empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.” “the smell of the earth is good./it is apparent that there is no death.” “the sun is hot on my neck as i observe/the spikes of the crocus.”

“April/Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.”

Explanation:

Personification is a figure of speech that gives human performances, emotions, thoughts to objects, natural phenomena, abstract objects, animals and plants. These lines are an example of personification. The personification object is the month in a year- April. April has received human performances. It is described as a person who is not so clever, who talks nonsense or talks to much. One of the main characteristic attached to April is the first association to this month- flower, it is blooming and strewing.

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)

cinderrella becuase she is an old character and well famous