Which excerpt from “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” BEST reflects Whitman’s belief that poetry should be written for the common people? A)"When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them"
B)"In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,/Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars."
C)"When I heard the learn'd astronomer,/When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me..."
D)"When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,/How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick..."

What is a casting director, and what do you think might be some of the possible benefits of a director using a casting director? what do you think might be some of the possible drawbacks of a director using a casting director? your response should be at least five sentences. use complete sentences and offer evidence to back up your opinion.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

In this unit activity, you will analyze aspects of the medieval english stories  the canterbury tales  and  sir gawain and the green knight.  you will also read george orwell’s essay “politics and the english language,” analyze it, and express your own views on how language usage changes over time.