26 POINTSSS+ BRAINLIESTT IF CORRECT Question 16(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
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A prompt—executive Bird is the Jay

by Emily Dickinson

A prompt—executive Bird is the Jay—
Bold as a Bailiff's1 Hymn—
Brittle and Brief in quality—
Warrant2 in every line—

Sitting a Bough3 like a Brigadier4
Confident and straight—
Much is the mien5 of him in March
As a Magistrate6—

legal officer
legal action
branch of a tree
army officer (British)
appearance
judge

I Heard a Bird Sing

By Oliver Herford

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

Read both poems.

What literary device is used throughout the poems?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Pun
Metaphor

Dickinson’s theme is jays are like officers and Herford’s theme is birdsong brings us joy.

Although both poems talk about a similar subject matter, they are both significantly different in the themes they express.

In the first poem, Dickinson talks about jays. She compares them to officers because they are confident and straight. On the other hand, Herford talks about birds that bring songs to us and tell us of the coming of spring.

Explanation:

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off. 

a you should do a lion because they are so majestic