Read the excerpt from "my heart is bursting."you, the commissioners, have come from afar to listen to our grievances. my heart is glad and i shall hide nothing from you. i understood that you were coming down to see us. i moved away from those disposed for war, and i also came along to see you. how does satanta’s humble tone affect the meaning of his speech? a. it causes those who are listening to wonder what motive satanta has for being so polite and genial. b. it assures those who are listening that satanta is speaking with honesty and has acted in good faith. c. it reminds those who are listening that they should appreciate how far satanta has traveled to meet with them. d. it reinforces for those who are listening that satanta is not afraid of war should he deem it necessary.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.