The repetition of the phrase “learned nervously backward” suggest a tone that is

The author’s purpose for including this in the introduction is

What inferences can be made about odysseus based on his choice to stay and see the cyclops?

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.