Which best identifies a motif in gerard manley hopkins poem "spring and fall"? a. the recurring image of the falling leaves reinforces the idea that everything dies eventually b. the recurring image of margaret's face suggests that everyone grows old eventually c. the recurring image of the leaves changing colors brings to mind the beauty of autumn d. the recurring image of children playing the reader to see the innocence of youth

a. the recurring image of the falling leaves reinforces the idea that everything dies eventually.

Explanation:

In this poem, the author reflects on the idea of death. He tells us that a little girl is sad because the leaves are falling off the trees. However, what she does not know is that in the future, she will similarly be sad about the passage of time, because this is a reflection of her own mortality. The image of the falling leaves is repeated constantly as a reminder of the fact that everything dies eventually.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job