Read the poem "grass" and answer the question that follows.

pile the bodies high at austerlitz and waterloo.
shovel them under and let me work—
i am the grass; i cover all.

and pile them high at gettysburg
and pile them high at ypres and verdun.
shovel them under and let me work.
two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
what place is this?
where are we now?

i am the grass.
let me work.

what is the tone of "grass"?

doubtful
jubilant
dark
respectful

dark.

Explanation:

In this poem by Carl Sandburg he speaks of wars between men, exemplified through famous war settings such as Waterloo and Austerlitz. The grass asks that we simply pile the bodies, no matter how many dead bodies that is, and let it do its job, which is to decompose them, to let them rot and disappear, without memories nor tombs, without honors or respect.

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

the tale of “aunty misery” written by judith ortiz cofer , is a folk tale about an old woman who earns immortality by tricking death . the cost of immortality however, is that her life will stay the same. from this tale it becomes clear that death is a necessary evil and is inevitable in life.  

question: which theme is found in the tale of "aunty misery? ”

answer: a. death may not seem friendly, but he should be treated kindly.