Read the lines from "auspex."

woe’s me, i shall be lonely
when i can feel no longer
the impatience of their wings!

which best describes the effect of the expression “woe’s me”?
it heightens the sense of loss in the poem.
it creates an artificially dramatic tone.
it injects excitement into the work.
it gives us a sense of the speaker’s character.

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

What difference do you notice between this passage and contemporary pose.

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as