Read the following poem then answer the adjoining questions, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot

My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit

My heart is like a rairbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful sea

My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.

Which two specific lines from the poem help the reader to determine the mood?

A. Because my love has come to me.

B. My heart is like a rainbow shell.

C. My heart is gladder than all of these.

Read the opening lines of chapter 1 of twenty years at hull house and answer the question. on the theory that our genuine impulses may be connected with our childish experiences, that one’s bent may be tracked back to that “no-man’s land” where character is formless but nevertheless settling into definite lines of future development, i begin this record with some impressions of my childhood. the author begins her book with memories from her childhood. according to this excerpt, addams felt strongly that childhood was important because its trials and triumphs will support a successful life suffering during this time can create long-lasting goals it has a strong impact on personal growth throughout life children are free of the ethical judgments that adults make next question

Nature is a recurring theme in early american literature. what view of nature does phillis wheatley provide in "an hymn to the evening"

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action