What is the common theme of the gorl who cried mouse and the girl who never told a lie

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

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

Which best identifies the figurative language used in this passage? cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley’d and thunder’d; storm’d at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell rode the six hundred.