There, as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow

tossed me, and i sprang for the great fig tree,

catching on like a bat under a bough.

nowhere had i to stand, no way of climbing,

the root and bole being far below, and far

above my head the branches and their leaves,

massed, overshadowing charybdis pool.

but i clung grimly, thinking my mast and keel

would come back to the surface when she spouted.

and ah! how long, with what desire, i waited!

till, at the twilight hour, when one who hears

and judges pleas in the marketplace all day

between contentious men, goes home to supper,

the long poles at last reared from the sea.

–the odyssey,
homer

select the best choice from each drop-down menu.

what is the conflict in this passage?

what theme is best shown by the conflict?

Read the excerpt from "annabel lee," by edgar allan poe. and this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, a wind blew out of a cloud, chilling my beautiful annabel lee; so that her highborn kinsmen came and bore her away from me, to shut her up in a sepulchre in this kingdom by the sea. how does the rhythm of the excerpt support the theme of the poem? the rhythm changes on the phrase “a kingdom by the sea,” emphasizing poe’s distrust of a monarchy. the rhythm changes on the phrase “bore her away from me,” emphasizing poe’s desire to be reunited the rhythm changes on the words “chilling” and “sepulchre,” emphasizing poe’s complaint about unexpected death. the rhythm changes on the words “lee” and “me,” emphasizing poe’s fear that his bond with his love is fragile.