Search on google Thom Gunn: From the Wave, then help me answer the questions. The following item has two parts. First answer part A and then answer part B. Part A. In line 9, what is the meaning of the word "poise"?
A. To pause before moving
B. To lift carefully
C. To honor above
D. To distribute evenly

Part B. Which two lines from the poem best help the reader understand the meaning of the word "poise"?
A. "Then from their hiding rise to sight"
B. "Their pale feel curl"
C. "Keeps them so still"
D. "Half wave, half men"
E. "Balance is triumph in this place"
F. "The mindless heave of which they rode"

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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)

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.