In what way does rita dove's poem expand on the myth of demeter,
persephone, and hades?
a. she gives additional details about demeter's relationship with her
daughter
b. she strongly suggests that demeter and hades are involved in a
relationship
c. she portrays demeter's reaction as thoughtful and restrained.
d. she bestows upon demeter additional powers over nature,
including the weather.

C.

Explanation:

C. She portrays Demeter's reaction as thoughtful and restrained.

We know from the title that our speaker is Demeter, goddess of agriculture, mother to Persephone and wife to Zeus. We also know, after spending a moment or two in the poem, that she isn't too happy.

So what's all the hubbub about? You see, Demeter's angry that Persephone is down in the underworld, and she is ready to have some words with Hades—Persephone's uncle who took her down there to be his wife. She wants him to realize what a horrible thing he's done; she wants him to get it: "This alone is what I wish for you: knowledge". But she also spends much of the poem concerned with humanity's tendencies towards selfishness in general, and what the repercussions of selfish actions might involve.

In her mind, then, the worst thing that someone can do is act on their desires without thinking. And that's exactly what Hades did… with her daughter. Naturally, she's pretty upset—vengeful, even.

byron utilizes literary techniques to emphisize the illustration of the woman in the poem “she walks in beauty”.

for instance, he uses alliteration to use repetitive consonant sounds when he is writing a word at the beginning of a phrase. he uses personification to give personality to a thing or action. he uses imagery when he is describing the woman. we also can find metaphors to better compare a moment.

these techniques add to the reader’s experience of beauty when the author describes the woman physical beauty and the purity of her mind, using imagery.  

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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)