Which excerpt below best illustrates odysseus' cunning character trait?

a) "there i'd sailed, you see, with a great army in my wake / out on the long campaign that doomed my life to hardship."

b) ". .and no one knew him at all / i alone, i spotted him for the man he was."

c)"here i am at your mercy, princess- / are you a goddess or a mortal? if one of the gods / who rule the skies up there, you're artemis to the life, "

d)"he travels with such an escort, one that others / would pray to stand beside them. she has power / pallas athena."

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?