2.read the following lines from “song of becoming. ”they’re only boys who used to frolic and play launching rainbowed kites on the western wind, their blue-red-green kites whistling, leaping, trading easy laughter and jokes dueling with branches, pretending to be great heroes in history. which of these ideas is most closely related to a theme in these lines? a. sharing dreams of a hopeful future b. carefree days of a happy childhood c. friendly competition between friends d. relaxing in the company of a good friend

B.carefree days of a happy childhood

The passage lists the different activities the boys used to do: fly kites and sword fight with sticks. The author's word choices of "frolic", "play", "leaping", "easy" and others all show the carefree nature with which the boys played. The passage does not include any information about their dreams or relaxing. Also, even though the boys do compete against each other with their duels, the passage is not about the duel, but rather the pretend play.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.  

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.