Read the first stanza of "auspex."

my heart, i cannot still it,
nest that had song-birds in it;
and when the last shall go,
the dreary days to fill it,
instead of lark or linnet,
shall whirl dead leaves and snow.

the speaker compares his heart to an empty nest in order to
emphasize the fact that his love has left.
describe a physical feeling he is experiencing.
illustrate the positive qualities of his love.
explain the types of birds that he favors.

The correct answer is: To emphasize the fact that his love has left.

The fact that the author describes his heart as a nest must mean it had, metaphorically speaking, space for himself and a bunch of other individuals - represented by song-birds.

The previous statement might make reference to the feeling of letting one's offspring (children) go once they've grown big enough to leave home and look after themselves. This claim is evidenced by the author's statement about "The dreary days to fill in" which will happen "... when the last shall go", referring to the birds leaving the nest.

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)