Which phrase in the passage is an example of verbal
irony?
And as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as
hopeful a condition. They cannot get work, and
consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a
degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to
common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and
thus the country and themselves are happily delivered
from the evils to come.
- A Modest Proposal,
Jonathan Swift

A."young labourers"
B. “Cannot get to work”
C. “If at any time”
D. “Happily delivered”

Match the author with the description a. ernest hemingway b. john steinbeck c. robert frost d. langston hughes (1) summers spent in pacific grove, california influenced the symbolism in his literature (2) his poetry includes simple, direct language. many are dramatic monologues written in free verse are about life on new england farms (3) the mood and tone of his literature is largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in world war 1 (4) his poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms which gives his primarily african american characters distinctive voices

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. match each word with its synonym irate wasteful unmerciful headstrong extravagant stubborn heartless angry

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire consumed with that which it was nourished by. which theme do these lines best support? a. all people grow old and die. b. in old age, people grow like a fire. c. flames turn everything to ash d. fire glows and burns