Which two cause-and-effect relationships are based on
facts and could be proven?
Most doctors had predicted the fever would end when
the cold weather returned. Almost all epidemics followed
the same pattern, striking during warm weather,
disappearing with the first hard frost. Daniel Defoe, in
recording the end of the Black Death that visited London
in 1665, wrote that "the winter weather came on apace
[and] most of those that had fallen sick recovered."
-An American Plague,
Jim Murphy
Yellow fever would end with cold weather.
Diseases always spread faster in the summer.
Yellow fever would continue throughout the winter
months.
The Black Death decreased during the winter.
People are always healthier in the winter.

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.