Which of the following most accurately describes the use of epic machinery in epic poetry? a. the conventions of epic machinery only apply to european epic poetry. b. all epics, by definition, must contain all the elements of epic machinery. c. epic poetry from all cultures contains at least some of the conventions of epic machinery, but very rarely all of them.

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used