So I got bored and wrote my first poem. tell me what you think: there once was a butter fly who couldn't fly

He said to himself I cant fly so now I'm gonna die

He jumped off a branch, and hit the ground

and there he died, with out making a sound

All the animals gathered around and wept for the poor butter fly who couldn't fly, they looked up and saw rain was falling from the sky

the clouds had gone gray, to match the emotion of that day

and they knew the forest wouldn't be the same.

That night some of them swore

that they heard the dying heart beat of that small version of a bird

sobs were heard all around

and tears were adding to the rain that was puddling on the ground.

sometimes they say

when everybody feels especially down

you can hear the sobs rolling over the ground.

And so this was the story of the butter fly that couldn't fly

How that one butter fly so silently hit the ground

but the impact of its wings was heard all around

In edgar allen poe's "masque of the red death", what object is kept in the black room?

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.