Choose either Taylor’s "Huswifery" OR Bradstreet’s "To My Dear and Loving Husband". Part 1:

In one paragraph, identify the comparison in the extended metaphor. After you identify the comparison, explain what the author’s purpose is for using the metaphor. How does this contribute to the author’s message?
Part 2:

Find a song that uses extended metaphor. Print out or download the lyrics, and then, in one paragraph, identify the comparison in the extended metaphor. Explain what the author’s purpose is for using the metaphor. How does this contribute to the author’s message?
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Refer to Bradstreet’s "To My Dear and Loving Husband".

Explain the meaning of the two following phrases as they are used in the poem. You may write the answer in one word or a short phrase.

I prize thy love
Thy love is such I can no way repay

In two separate sentences, use these phrases to illustrate their meanings as used in the poem. Your sentences should use subject matter that is different from the poem.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Which statement is an example of a complex sentence? a. although he denies them, dr. vasquez faced several scandals last year. b. people tend to use too many clauses in sentences that should be simple. c. cars tend to be expensive, but airplanes are in a price range of their own. d. i am in favor of proposition 1, and i am also in favor of proposition 16.

What is an octave? the fourteen lines that make up the italian sonnet the first eight lines of an italian sonnet the last six lines of an italian sonnet