How does the use of figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem? Use two examples from the poem to support your answer. Cite text evidence. Form This World

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.  

this phenomenon does not occur very frequently because, in order to this happen, there must be could air and warm water on the ocean, sea, or lake to create a waterspout. then the winds must be strong, because depending on how fast the winds are whipping, anything that is within about one yard of the surface of the water, including sailboats or fish of different sizes, can be lifted into the air.

the answer is d. beowulf searches for grendel, only to discover that he himself is grendel. this is because of their conflict that stsrted from that celebration which was destroyed by grendel. beowulf wanted a revenge but in his way to defeat grendel, he bacame selfish and a monster just like grendel.