Read the quotation from "a psalm of life." let the dead past bury its dead! what is the effect of the repetition of the word "dead" in this line? it serves as a reminder that the past is comprised of the actions of people now deceased. it suggests that the reader should think of mortality when thinking of the past. it reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past. it creates a mood of foreboding, which affects the rest of the poem.

In which excerpt from harriet tubman: conductor on the underground railroad is tubman using pathos? “she tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. if a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor.” “then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling.” “she started talking about william still and the philadelphia vigilance committee. no one commented. no one asked any questions. she told them the story of william and ellen craft and how they escaped from georgia.” “she said that he had thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's, and the kindest eyes she had ever seen. he was a big man and strong, but he had never used his strength to harm anyone, always to people.”