Read the poem "heat" by h. d. in explorations in literature. how do the phrases "cut apart the heat" and "rend it to tatters" in the first stanza affect the tone of the poem? they express the irritation the speaker feels about the heat. they express the speaker's depressed attitude from the heat. they convey the anxiousness the speaker feels about the heat. they convey the speaker's exhaustion from the heat.

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him.o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect.o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better,as insects are known to go throughtransformations.o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.