Why would a poet use present perfect verbs? A. Present-perfect verbs show the stability of a present-day situation. B. Present-perfect verbs show a link between the present and the past.
C. Present perfect verbs help a poet describe the past.
D. A poet wouldn't use present perfect verbs because they're confusing.

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

Which of the following best describes the central idea of the article? a the tuskegee airmen started the civil rights movement by proving that black pilots are more skilled than white pilots. b the tuskegee airmen proved that black and white pilots had the same potential, which break racial barriers. c despite breaking racial barriers, the tuskegee airmen faced racial discrimination and were never recognized for their military success. d black pilots in the military had to work twice as hard as white pilots, and due to a lack of funds they were underprepared.

Best answer gets brainliest and 80 which poem is more effective and why? "on imagination" or "patterns"