In the twentieth century, experimental writers tried randomly connecting words by pulling them out of a hat. In some ways, the metaphysical poets seem to connect words almost as randomly. But there is a difference between making unusual juxtapositions and randomly connecting words. Look at the lines below from "The Sun Rising" by John Donne and note how the poet organizes the words to create a cacophonous effect. Copy and paste the lines into your response below and try substituting some of the words with other words. You might want to keep the types of words the same. For example, you could substitute a modifier with another modifier or a verb with a verb. Then read the resulting lines aloud and describe in a short paragraph what this exercise suggests about the metaphysical poets' method of word choice.

Thou, sun, art half as happy as we,
In that the world's contracted thus;
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that's done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy center is, these walls thy sphere.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

why does the crew join ahab's quest without hesitation?