In “prayers of steel,” what imagery does sandburg use to express the speaker’s feelings and wishes?
select one:
a. he uses imagery of shaping a piece of steel to express his wish to be part of something new.
b. he uses imagery of an anvil to express a feeling of being beaten and hammered by something.
c. he uses imagery of a prayer to express his wish to be as strong as a steel spike in a building.
d. he uses imagery of steel to express a feeling of wanting to be up among the stars.

Is "words dying" personification? !

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

This excerpt is repeated several times. what effect does this repetition have on the epic