In "the gift of the magi," the gifts that the characters give each other are ironic because a the gifts are expensive and the characters should not have purchased them b it seems that each character is trying to buy a better gift than the other character c the characters were unable to buy what they really wanted their spouses to have, so the gifts they gave are the second choice gifts d the gifts are meant to be used with the other person’s most prized possession, which they sold in order to buy for each other

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

How does a wilted rose represent/symbolizes dark romanticism

Why isn’t the mood saddened by this tragic event