Read the poem “dew” and answer the question. as dew leaves the cobweb lightly threaded with stars, scattering jewels on the fence and the pasture bars; as dawn leaves the dry grass bright and the tangled weeds bearing a rainbow gem on each of their seeds; so has your love, my lover, fresh as the dawn, made me a shining road to travel on, set every common sight of tree or stone delicately alight for me alone. which statement best supports the main theme of the poem? the speaker her lover for showing her the world in fresh new ways. love is a journey filled with both common and extraordinary things. the beauty of nature is revealed through love. without love, the world is little more than common sights.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

According to the study, what made jonathan swift distrust the assumption most english people of his era made about the superiority of their own race and culture?

The following question asks about one or more selections from your literature textbook. you may use your textbook to answer this question. both “lob’s girl” and “jeremiah’s song” contain flashbacks. in a paragraph, explain what this plot technique adds to the stories. support your answer with one detail from each story.