What can you infer about the speaker in “rose pogonias”? support your answer with evidence by citing examples of three words or phrases from the poem. explain why each word or phrase you know more about the speaker. a saturated meadow, sun-shaped and jewel-small, a circle scarcely wider than the trees around were tall; where winds were quite excluded, and the air was stifling sweet with the breath of many flowers, -- a temple of the heat. there we bowed us in the burning, as the sun's right worship is, to pick where none could miss them a thousand orchises; for though the grass was scattered, yet every second spear seemed tipped with wings of color, that tinged the atmosphere. we raised a simple prayer before we left the spot, that in the general mowing that place might be forgot; or if not all so favored, obtain such grace of hours, that n

Which group or words is not a phrase? a.) leaving behind the dog b.) because she smiled at me c.) smashing into a fence d.) before the first test e.) pushing the sofa

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.