Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.” how shall i tell what i saw? the towers are not all broken—here and there one still stands, like a great tree in a forest, and the birds nest high. but the towers themselves look blind, for the gods are gone. i saw a fishhawk, catching fish in the river. i saw a little dance of white butterflies over a great heap of broken stones and columns. i went there and looked about me—there was a carved stone with cut—letters, broken in half. i can read letters but i could not understand these. they said ubtreas. there was also the shattered image of a man or a god. it had been made of white stone and he wore his hair tied back like a woman's. his name was ashing, as i read on the cracked half of a stone. i thought it wise to pray to ashing, though i do not know that god. which details in the passage describe an atmosphere of desolation?two options. “how shall i tell what i saw? " "but the towers themselves look blind" "a fishhawk, catching fish in the river" "a little dance of white butterflies" "shattered image of a man or a god"

The correct answers are these two options: “but the towers themselves look blind” and “shattered image of a man or a god”. Taken from the short story “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét (1937), the passage presented above narrates the moment when John, the son of a priest, visits the Place of the Gods. The Place of the Gods or The Dead Place was a great city that was destroyed by a great burning and it was said to be inhabited with spirits and demons since then. Since the passage describes this desolate place, the writer used a suspense tone in the narration. By definition, desolation is the state of a place that is completely empty or where everything has been destroyed. In this case, the two options “but the towers themselves look blind” and “shattered image of a man or a god” are the correct phrases that describe the details of a destroyed, desolate place which is the Place of the Gods.

The two correct options are "but the towers themselves look blind" and "shattered image of a man or a god".

Explanation: Desolation is described as a state of emptiness, loneliness, misery, or destruction. Describing that the towers "themselves look blind" suggests that the towers and the surrounding area looks gloomy and barren. The second option describes a shattered image, indicating destruction.

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the answer to your question is the introduction, because the main text is the body paragraphs, and the table of contents is used to locate paragraphs, and the conclusion is where you wrap up all your thoughts in the end.