Why does Romeo at first try to stop the fight with Tybalt in Act III, Scene i, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Choose two options. A. Romeo admires Tybalt, even though Tybalt is a Capulet.

B. Romeo feels connected to members of Juliet’s family.

C. Romeo does not believe Mercutio is as good as swordsman as Tybalt,

D. Romeo wants peace between his friends and his new wife's relations.

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

What is the effect of the haiku structure on this poem?   how does the line structure describe the subject(s)?   and how does a haiku compare to a rhyming and longer poem in terms of its effect on you as a reader?