Read the following sentence from john gardner's grendeh
i understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical
chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose
our hopes and fears (22).
which statement best describes the impact the underlined description has on
the meaning of this sentence?
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a. the word choice is used to express someone's search for
meaning
b. the tone creates a sense of hostility between grendel and the
reader
c. these figurative expressions convey a mechanical, unemotional
world
d. the word choice conveys a negative and hopeless view of the
world
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What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Which two types of poetry focus on the poet's experiences? a. sonnet and tanka b. tanka and haiku c. haiku and lyric poetry d. lyric poetry and sonnet

Which sentence contains a restrictive