In paragraph 5 ("Her eyes...them"), the reference to Lily Bart "smil[ing] inwardly" suggests that she is

What are some of the images and diction used by the narrator that evoke the "dream of america"?

Is "they" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s