Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll.

but four young oysters hurried up,
all eager for the treat:
their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
their shoes were clean and neat –
and this was odd, because, you know,
they hadn’t any feet.

the details in this excerpt support the idea that

the poem is nonsensical.
the poem is about alice.
the poem is symbolic.
the poem is about tweedledum.

Which of these statements is evaluative in nature a) the short passage creates a brilliant and sketch of gabriel b) resulting from the fact that gabriel is observant, he is also reflective c) the way gabriel looks at his wife shows that he is a detached onlooker d) that gabriel is observant is evident from the minute details he notices

What best explains why the character asagai is a symbol for heritage ?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme