Which line best paraphrases this excerpt from “when i have fears that i may cease to be”?
and when i feel, fair creature of an hour,
that i shall never look upon thee more . .
a.
and when i think that i’ll never see you again, beautiful creature . .
b.
and when i feel like a fair creature, i’ll never see you again . .
c.
oh beautiful creature, i fear i will never see you again . .
d.
it’s not fair that i will never see you again . .

The line that best paraphrases the excerpt is  A.  And when I think that I’ll never see you again, beautiful creature (...).

To paraphrase is to express the meaning of something by rewording it in a different way. Both the excerpt and option A express the same: that the poet is considering the possibility of never looking at the beautiful "creature" again.

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)