Read the passage from part 1 of “to build a fire.” possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of very cold such as was in the man's brain. but the brute had its instinct. it experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire. what does the dog’s behavior reveal about it? its knowledge of direction its ability to perform tricks its compassion for the man its intuition about nature

its intuition about nature

Explanation:

The dog felt that the cold was too hard and that protection or shelter from it had to be sought. The dog had the feeling  that the cold weather was a threat. This was the reason why the dog moved slowly along the man. Besides, the dog expected the man to do something against the harsh weather. It was attentive to any movement the man made since he expected him to find a solution.

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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answer: from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people

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