How does the audio version affect the experience of reading the poem?
The pauses between lines of the poem clarify the
speaker is distancing himself from the audience.
The patterns and beats in the lines of the poem
mirror and celebrate rhythms found in nature.
The unsteady rhythm of the poem emphasizes the
detachment humans feel from one another.
The lack of rhyme and meter in the poem highlights
Whitman's disdain for conformity and tradition.

American history (is, are) studying the american colonies.

In comparing "minerva and arachne" and "niobe," can you establish a common theme running throughout both texts? how do you think this theme might change if the stories were written in first-person point of view? write a journal entry explaining the theme of both "minerva and arachne" and "nirobe." then, consider how the theme might change if the tales were written using a first-person point of view. use examples and evidence from both texts to support your analysis.

Which line from “a simple way to create suspense” best supports the central idea that writers should not give their readers answers too quickly? a. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum becomes unstoppable. b. so writers are taught to focus on ingredients and their combination. c. we had to invent a solution to the serious problem it posed. d. thus the principle works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one.