HELP! HELP! IMPORTANT Review the many contrasts and contradictions between accepted behavior and Swift’s “modest proposal.” Do you think these stark contrasts and contradictions make the satire more powerful? Why or why not? Support your responses with evidence from the text.

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.