How do the images support Lowell's theme? Birds represent change. Leaves and snow
suggest complacency and immobility.
The birds' activity contrasts with the poet's
melancholy feelings about snow and leaves.
Birds stand for lively spring and summer.
Dead leaves and snow suggest still fall and
winter.

But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in paragraph 3, which rhetorical technique is being used to add emphasis? a) overstatement b) understatement c) parallel structure d) rhetorical question

Life is a barren field frozen with snow. what literary device is he using? a.metaphor b. simile c. personification d. none of the above

Identify the statement that uses the verb mood in the interrogative. a. she could if you ask politely. b. could an angel break my heart? c. in the group, tiger could run the fastest. d. stop imagining about what he could do.