There are a lot of literary allusions throughout the story, including the names of their pets. The cat was named Marlowe after Christopher Marlowe. and the two birds were named after:
a.
William Shakespeare
c.
Homer
b.
Helen of Troy
d.
John Keats

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

16.) true

17.) true

18.) no information in the text

19.) false

20.) no information in the text

the underline word is basically like a prepositional phrase.

the answer is b on edge. goodluck!