How does the structure of the poem affect its meaning? each stanza relates a reason the speaker avoids becoming close with others. the stanzas alternate between describing positive and negative aspects of love. the stanzas work together to tell a story of a single failed romance. each stanza describes ways the speaker has treated others in relationships. read the poem. a thousand martyrs by aphra behn aphra behn lived and wrote in the 1600s and was the first woman in england to make a living as a professional writer. a political spy, playwright, novelist, and poet, aphra broke social barriers while her literary works tackled controversial topics, including slavery, racism, desire, and gender. her writings were considered scandalous for the time. a thousand martyrs i have made, all sacrificed to my desire; a thousand beauties have betrayed, that languish in resistless fire. the untamed heart to hand i brought, and fixed the wild and wandering thought. i never vowed nor sighed in vain but both, though false, were well received. the fair are to give us pain, and what they wish is soon believed. and though i talked of wounds and smart, love’s pleasures only touched my heart. alone the glory and the spoil i always laughing bore away; the triumphs, without pain or toil, without the hell, the heav’n of joy. and while i thus at random rove despise the fools that whine for love.

Each stanza describes ways the speaker has treated others in relationships.

Explanation:

The poem portrays the speaker's love experiences. Each stanza discusses how the previous relationships the speaker had and how it interfered with his life and how each relationship was treated.

In the poem the author talks about how her previous loves were false, how they influenced her personality and her interior, how they influenced her soul and her life in general.

Throughout the poem, the lines that make it clear that the speaker is referring to old relationships are "But both, though false, were well received" and "Love's pleasures only touched my heart."

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.