Read the poem.
the lesson by paul laurence dunbar

my cot was down by a cypress grove, and i sat by my window the whole night long, and heard well up from the deep dark wood a mocking-bird's passionate song. and i thought of myself so sad and lone, and my life's cold winter that knew no spring; of my mind so weary and sick and wild, of my heart too sad to sing. but e'en as i listened the mock-bird's song, a thought stole into my saddened heart, and i said, "i can cheer some other soul by a carol's simple art." for oft from the darkness of hearts and lives come songs that brim with joy and light, as out of the gloom of the cypress grove the mocking-bird sings at night. so i sang a lay for a brother's ear in a strain to soothe his bleeding heart, and he smiled at the sound of my voice and lyre, though mine was a feeble art. but at his smile i smiled in turn, and into my soul there came a ray: in trying to soothe another's woes mine own had passed away.

what does the bird’s song symbolize for the speaker? a peace and prosperity b frustration and longing c hope and comfort d mercy and forgiveness

Which excerpt from tinker v. des moines shows how precedent support an argument? a. "as we shall discuss, the wearing of armbands in the circumstances of this case was entirely divorced from actually or potentially disruptive conduct by those participating in it. it was closely akin to 'pure speech' which, we have repeatedly held, is entitled to comprehensive protection under the first amendment. cf. cox v. louisiana, 379 u.s. 536, 555 (1965); adderley v. florida, 385 u.s. 39 (1966)." b. "while the absence of obscene remarks or boisterous and loud disorder perhaps justifies the court's statement that the few armband students did not actually 'disrupt' the classwork, i think the record overwhelmingly shows that the armbands did exactly what the elected school officials and principals foresaw they would." c. "i, for one, am not fully persuaded that school pupils are wise enough, even with this court's expert from washington, to run the 23,390 public school systems [n4] in our 50 states." d. "under our constitution, free speech is not a right that is given only to be so circumscribed that it exists in principle, but not in fact. freedom of expression would not truly exist if the right could be exercised only in an area that a benevolent government has provided as a safe haven for crackpots."

Who is ¨ the guilty party¨ at the end of the text, and how do his actions contribute to the storys theme?

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir