The poet repeats the word still in the seventh line of most stanzas. Which theme does this repetition most clearly convey? Often I think of the beautiful town
That is seated by the sea;
Often in thought go up and down
The pleasant streets of that dear old town
5 And my youth comes back to me.
And a verse of a Lapland song
Is haunting my memory still:
"A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."

10 I can see the shadowy lines of its trees,
And catch, in sudden gleams,
The sheen of the far surrounding seas,
And islands that were the Hesperides
Of all my boyish dreams.
15 And the burden of that old song,
It murmurs and whispers still:
"A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."

I remember the black wharves and the slips,
20 And the sea tides tossing free;
And Spanish sai

Wanting his past i.e. his lost youth

Explanation:

Repetition is characterized as one of the most commonly employed literary devices where the author repeats a particular word or phrase in order to emphasize an idea or to make it more memorable.

In the given poem 'My Lost Youth' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the speaker is recalling his beautiful carefree days of youth and those memories which still haunts his memory. He constantly repeats the word 'still' and 'will' which enforces the idea that those memories are constant and his wishes to get those days back. However, he later displays his disappointment to not get his joyous past back irrespective of how hard he tries.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)