Which is true about the speaker in the poem "sympathy" and the poet?
a. they are the same person
b. the speaker is the bird
c. the poet is the bird
d. they are not the same person

But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?

Read the sentences. i absolutely detest when people interrupt others who are speaking. it shows a lack of good manners and consideration for the thoughts and words of others. many people need to listen more and talk less. why did the author most likely choose to use the word detest as opposed to the word "dislike"? to more strongly convey his feelings about those who interrupt to more strongly illustrate his solution to stop those who interrupt to more accurately describe how he wants the reader to react to more accurately create a visual of those who interrupt others

Select the indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs. rockwell said that he was striving to completely capture everything. rockwell said that he strived to completely capture everything. rockwell said that he had been striving to completely capture everything. rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.