The following question is based on Petrarch - Sonnet 18. When I have turned my eyes to that place
where my lady's lovely face shines,
and that light leaves me not a thought
while I burn and melt away inside,

I fear lest my heart parts from my self,
and seeing the end of my light nearing,
I go like a blind man, without light,
who knows no way to go, but must depart.

I receive so many deadly blows
I flee: but not so quickly that desire
does not come with me as is his wont.

I go silently, since one deadly word
would make men weep: and I desire
that my tears might be shed alone.

When I have turned my eyes to that placewhere my lady's lovely face shines, and that light leaves me not a thoughtwhile I burn and melt away inside, I fear lest my heart parts from my self, and seeing the end of my light nearing, I go like a blind man, without light, who knows no way to go, but must depart. I receive so many deadly blowsI flee: but not so quickly that desiredoes not come with me as is his wont. I go silently, since one deadly wordwould make men weep: and I desirethat my tears might be shed alone.
In the third stanza, what does the speaker personify?
a.
death
c.
love
b.
desire
d.
fear

b. desire.

Explanation:

Personification is a literary technique that gives human characteristics to non-human entities or ideas. In other words, when non-living things and abstract ideas are given living characteristics, that is known as personification.

In Petrarch's "Sonnet 18", the speaker talks about his love for his lady, most probably Laura, who's been the subject of all of his sonnets. And in the third stanza, we see him personifying death. He reveals, "I flee: but not so quickly that desire/does not come with me as is his wont." Here, the desire he's talking about is the desire to die, to "[see] the end of [his] light". And he's complaining that the desire to die does not come as swiftly as he had hoped, and unlike how death often happens. So, he's personifying that desire, referring it as "his".

Thus, the correct answer is option b.

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)