What is the role of cultural pride in today's society?

What is the best strategy for responding to counter-arguments in your persuasive research essay ?

You seal resign myself to you also i guess what you mean, i behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, i believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me, we must have a turn together, i undress, hurry me out of sight of the land, cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse, dash me with amorous wet, i can repay you. in this excerpt from "song of myself," which literary device does whitman use to address the sea? alliteration allusion apostrophe onomatopoeia

According to homer's iliad, which greek god was helen of troy's father? a. apollo b. poseidon c. zeus d. hades