Which two lines or sets of lines in the poem suggest the preciousness of love? sonnet 12 by elizabeth barrett browning indeed this very love which is my boast, and which, when rising up from breast to brow, {doth crown me with a ruby large enow to draw men's eyes and prove the inner cost,—} this love even, all my worth, to the uttermost, {i should not love withal, unless that thou hadst set me an example,} shown me how, {when first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed,} and love called love. {and thus, i cannot speak of love even, as a good thing of my own: } thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, {and placed it by thee on a golden throne,—} and that i love (o soul, we must be meek! ) is by thee only, whom i love alone.

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.

Which two words are nonsense words in this excerpt from carl sandburg's "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine rock"? it was easy enough for the rabbit who has long ears and no tail at all except a white thumb of cotton. but it was hard for the yellow flongboo who at night lights up his house in a hollow tree with his fire yellow torch of a tail. it is hard for the yellow flongboo to lose his tail because it lights up his way when he sneaks at night on the prairie, sneaking up on the flangwayers, the hippers and hangjasts, so good to eat.

What is the definition of alliteration