Which statement best describes how the use of simile the tone of the passage? A. The simile "like percussionists" refers to energetic music, which enhances the poem's celebratory tone. B. The simile "like percussionists" helps create a marching rhythm, which intensifies the poem's serious tone. C. The simile 'as the firefly signals its love for summer" presents a humorous relationship, which adds to the poem's irreverent tone. o D. The simile "as the firefly signals its love for summer" refers to the power of light, which highlights the poem's romantic tone.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.