When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd walt whitman: o powerful western fallen star! o shades of night -- o moody, tearful night! o great star disappear'd -- o the black murk that hides the star! o cruel hands that hold me powerless -- o soul of me! o harsh surrounding cloud that will not free my soul. these lines demonstrate what emotion? a) curiosity b) depression c) excitement d) puzzlement you, if you choose to answer.

B) depression

In these lines, the author is showing all the pain that he has over the "fallen star," most likely someone close to him who has died. The poem has a gloomy, sad mood that is consistent with feelings of depression. It is likely that the author is grieving. We can identify this mood through words such as: "moody, tearful night," "the black murk that hides the star," "cruel hands," "hold me powerless," "helpless soul" and "surrounding cloud."

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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