Why does calypso allow odysseus to leave her island?

she understands his grief and cannot bear to see him suffer.
hermes has told her that zeus has ordered it.
hermes thinks that odysseus has spent enough time in exile.
penelope is growing old and needs his assistance.

In julius caesar did portia use effective strategies when she tried to persuade brutus to tell her the truth?

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain, what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?