2.  What is the effect of the extended metaphor on the mood of the following passage? Your own eyes
Must tell you: Thebes is tossed on a murdering sea
And cannot lift her head from a death surge.
A rust consumes the buds and fruits of the Earth;
The herds are sick, the children die unborn,
And labor is vain. The god of plague and pyre
Raids like detestable lightening through the city
And all in the house of Cadmus is laid waste

a) It emphasizes Thebes' isolation & helps create mood of loneliness
b) The depiction of Thebes as lost at sea emphasizes the excitement
c) It emphasizes the uncertainty of Thebes' fate as it is tossed around, creating a suspenseful mood
d) The metaphor emphasizes that Thebes must save herself, creating a mood of hopelessness

What is one purpose of the prologue in sugar changed the world

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Which poems include the theme that memories of beautiful natural places benefit the people who recall them? "to spring" and "lines written in early spring" "to autumn" and "to a butterfly" "to summer" and "the human seasons" "i wandered lonely as a cloud" and "lines on a beautiful spring in a village"