Read the poem.

columbus

by joaquin miller

behind him lay the gray azores,

behind the gates of hercules;

before him not the ghost of shores,

before him only shoreless seas.

the good mate said: “now must we pray,

for lo! the very stars are gone.

brave admiral, speak, what shall i say? ”

“why, say, ‘sail on! sail on! and on! ’”

“my men grow mutinous day by day;

my men grow ghastly wan and weak.”

the stout mate thought of home; a spray

of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.

“what shall i say, brave admiral, say,

if we sight naught but seas at dawn? ”

“why, you shall say at break of day,

‘sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! ’”

they sailed and sailed, as winds might blow,

until at last the blanched mate said:

“why, now not even god would know

should i and all my men fall dead.

these very winds forget their way,

for god from these dread seas is gone.

now speak, brave admiral, speak and say”—

he said: “sail on! sail on! and on! ”

they sailed. they sailed. then spake the mate:

“this mad sea shows his teeth to-night.

he curls his lip, he lies in wait,

with lifted teeth, as if to bite!

brave admiral, say but one good word:

what shall we do when hope is gone? ”

the words leapt like a leaping sword:

“sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! ”

then, pale and worn, he kept his deck,

and peered through darkness. ah, that night

of all dark nights! and then a speck—

a light! a light! a light! a light!

it grew, a starlit flag unfurled!

it grew to be time’s burst of dawn.

he gained a world; he gave that world

its grandest lesson: “on! sail on! ”

how does the metaphor in line 6 of the last stanza affect the poem?

question 4 options:

it explains how in the morning light, the men were able to see land.

it emphasizes how columbus's discovery led to the beginning of a new world.

it highlights the end of the long stretch of darkness that columbus sailed through.

it creates a mental image of the sun shining through the clouds.

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Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the scene now shifts back to the shelby plantation in kentucky, where  aunt chloe  has just received the letter tom wrote her with little eva's . mrs. shelby tells her husband about the letter, in which tom says that although his new family is kind, he still longs to return to his "real home."

mr. shelby, in the meantime, has still been plagued by debt. mrs. shelby offers to raise money, especially so that they can buy tom. mr. shelby becomes angry, and his wife lets the unlikely hope drop for the present. chloe then calls for mrs. shelby and asks if she could be hired out as a pastry cook in louisville in order to earn money for tom. mrs. shelby gives chloe her blessing.