Which answer best represents the situation described in the opening stanza of the poem "the river-merchant's wife: a letter," by ezra pound? a. a married couple recalls their early suspicions of one another. b. two children describe warfare in the only terms they can understand. c. a boy is ashamed of his haircut, and he ignores his friend's attempt to play. d. a woman describes her early, innocent relationship with her future husband.

The correct answer is D) A woman describes her early, innocent relationship with her future husband.

The answer that best represents the situation described in the opening stanza of the poem "The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter," by Ezra Pound is "A woman describes her early, innocent relationship with her future husband."

Indeed the poem starts like this: "While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead, I play about the front gate, pulling flowers. You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse. You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums. And we went on living in the village of Chokan: Two small people, without dislike or suspicion."

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was an American writer and poet that wrote renowned books such as "The Spirit of Romance," and "Exultations." Pound had a political preference that was questioned by many Americans. He supported Benito Mussolini -Fascist Italian leader- politics.

a. the astrolabe could determine the correct latitudinal location of the ship

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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