Which sentence reflects the theme of "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley? Which tone does the language in these lines from the last stanza of "The Rainy Day" create? Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining

A. Each of us is responsible for our own independence and lives.

A. Optimistic.

Explanation:

The poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley is a poem of resilience and courage amidst the problems and hardships of life. The poem also reminds us of how we are all responsible for our own lives and decisions, and no matter what happens, nothing can bring us down unless we allow it to. Thus, the sentence that best reflects the theme of the poem is that each of us is responsible for our own lives and independence.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Rainy Day" is a short poem where the speaker compares his inner thoughts to that of a rainy day. More of a depressing tone, the poem presents a comparison of his inner feelings, mental turmoil to that of a "cold, and dark, and dreary" day. But then, in the third and last stanza of the poem, he declares "Behind the clouds is the sun still shining" which is a rather optimistic tone, one where he seems to reassure himself of the positivity of things to come. Thus, the tone of the language used in the lines from the last stanza is an optimistic one.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job