Read the excerpt from "the gift of the magi" by o. henry.

only $1.87 to buy a present for jim. her jim. many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by jim.

In marigolds, which character can be described as having a laugh so loud that the great oak seemed to laugh with it?

Fine fellow, that lebrun," said arobin when robert had gone. "i never heard you speak of him.""i knew him last summer at grand isle," she replied.  what becomes apparent during this conversation? robert and arobin are both aware they are rivals for edna’s affections.arobin is unaware of robert’s role in edna’s life, but robert is aware of arobin’s role.robert is completely unaware of arobin’s romantic intentions and love for edna.robert has much more confidence in himself than arobin does.

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”