Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "apology" by richard wilbur a word sticks in the wind’s throat; a wind-launch drifts in the swells of rye; sometimes, in broad silence, the hanging apples distil their darkness. you, in a green dress, calling, and with brown hair, who come by the field-path now, whose name i say softly, forgive me love if also i call you wind's word, apple-heart, haven of grasses. source: wilbur, richard. "apology." collected poems: 1943–2004. orlando: harcourt books, 2004. print. what would a formal interpretation of the poem focus on? a reflection of patriarchal society in the poem the author's biography and psychology the reader's interaction with the poem the literary qualities and elements

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme

Where is grendel? where does he go? what makes him go? will he return? what will he be when he returns? what do his origins and destinations have to do with his character?

Which sentence contains a punctuation error? a. have you met my great-aunt marie raines? b. my mother wrote three children's books about the family farm. c. my sister's mother in law lives with them, and everyone gets along fine. d. another hurricane is brewing in the mid-atlantic.