Review Clint Smith's poem, paying special attention to structure and technique. Notice how the first stanza is mainly focused on one image, while the second stanza introduces the speaker and compares the speaker to the person in the first stanza. Write your own
poem that mimics the structure of this work. Your poem may be on a subject of your choice but should echo the structure of "How
Malcolm Learned to Read."

From “the raven” by edgar allan poe but the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— till i scarcely more than muttered, “other friends have flown before— on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.” then the bird said, “nevermore.” in this excerpt, what is the speaker saying the raven will do? a. it will certainly die. b. it will leave immediately. c. it will leave the next day. d. it will befriend the speaker.

Is "ing" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Preview the following sentence and identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. the brain was riddled with holes, it looked like a sponge. a. bridled c. perforated b. pierced d. b and c select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return