All up and down the dunes, the tall green grasses dance, as the wind plays lively tunes across the sandy expanse. but the moon above is a statue, silent and somber and still, its reflection on the sea is a tattoo, that we watch from upon the hill. how does personification affect the first stanza's meaning? it suggests that the speaker feels distant from the rest of the world. it creates the impression that the world of nature is alive with interactions. it implies that the wind and grasses are somehow not real. it hints that the speaker is alarmed, or even frightened, by the surrounding environment.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky