Which of these excerpts from the end of the poem suggests that imogen has reconciled herself to her situation in life?
a. and there was jane the sister, and the mother,— / her sister, and the mother of them all.
b. they were not hers, not even one of them: / she was not born to be so much as that
c. for she was born to be aunt imogen
d. now she could make stars out where once had palled / a future’s emptiness
i already put (c) and it was wrong
i am pretty sure the answer is (a)

What is articulating thoughts and ideas effectively using oral written and non-verbal skills a part of

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Analyze lowell’s use of symbolism in the poem “for the union dead.” explain how lowell’s use of symbolism to develop one or more themes in the text.