Read the excerpt from "how i learned english." i played on till dusk missing flies and pop-ups and grounders and calling out in desperation things like "yours" and "take it," but doing all right, tugging at my cap in just the right way, crouching low, my feet set. "hum baby" sweetly on my lips. the reader can tell that this excerpt is part of the poem's resolution, because the speaker finally feels a sense of belonging. finally learns how to play baseball. no longer wants to get home before dusk. no longer tries to catch the ball.

In this chapter, maya describes her confusion about lesbianism. she wrongly thought that were the same as lesbians.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

My pretty rose tree by william blake a flower was offered to me, such a flower as may never bore; but i said, ‘i’ve a pretty rose tree,’ and i passed the sweet flower o’er. then i went to my pretty rose tree, to tend her by day and by night; but my rose turned away with jealousy, and her thorns were my only delight. what is the rhyme scheme of the two stanzas in this poem? a. abba, cdda b. abab, acac c. abab, cddc d. abaa, cddc