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she went her unremembering way,
she went and left in me
the pang of all the partings gone,
and partings yet to be.
she left me marvelling why my soul
was sad that she was glad;
at all the sadness in the sweet,
the sweetness in the sad.
what is the role of the paradox in these lines?
a. to show that the speaker does not truly understand the depths of his soul
b. to show the contradiction between extreme anger and extreme love
c. to show that one rejection suggests all the times he has been rejected
d. to show that negative and positive feelings can be parts of the same thing

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.