Read the stanza from "Twelfth Song of Thunder.”
The voice that beautifies the land!
The voice above,
The voice of the thunder
Within the dark cloud
Again and again it sounds,
The voice that beautifies the land.
Which message does the repetition in the stanza make clear?
The sound of thunder up above, crashing repeatedly, makes the natural landscape beautiful.
The crashing of the thunder as it rolls over the land is everywhere and makes the people nervous.
The thundering sounds of the storm are everywhere and can make nature a dangerous place.
Some thunder is coming over the landscape, but it appears that it will only be temporary.

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.