Read the following lines from \"the divine comedy.\" and as i faced it, it would not retreat, but paced before me and so blocked my way that more than once i had to turn my feet to retrace my steps. it was the break of day, the sun was mounting in the morning sky with the same starts as when that whole array of lovely things was first given movement by divine love. the sweet season of the year and the hour made me think that i might try which of the following rhyme schemes has the writer used to create poetic structure? • aab bbc ccd • aba bcb cdc • abb bcc cdd • abc bcd cde 2. the rhy

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.