only $1.87 to buy a present for jim. her jim. many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by jim.

Manga is a japanese comic book (sort of) while anime is the a sort of show on a screen. most animes were originally manga though

The poem is an unconventional sonnet; it develops a main idea in the first twelve lines, and is capped by a big thought in the final couplet. the poem follows a narrator describing the industriousness of nature’s creatures, preparing for the coming spring. all of creation is at work, but the speaker is sullen as the only creature he can see who finds himself without an occupation.