That is no country for old men. the young
in one another's arms, birds in the trees
-- those dying generations -- at their song,
the salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
caught in that sensual music all neglect
monuments of unageing intellect.
what does the poet think of youth?
a. he thinks of it as a period of decay.
b. he thinks of it as a period of sloth.
c. he thinks of it as a period of intellectual vigor.
d. he thinks of it as a period of sensuality.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

Choose the answer. what literary device is apparent in the title of the poem "war is kind," what what effect does it have on the reader's interpretation?

What poetic device did 14th century poets rely upon to make their verses easy to memorize? a. moral b. meter c. theme d. hyperbole