How do the poem’s imagery, meter, and rhyme contribute to the meaning of the poem?

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes

Read the sentence a student wrote. as he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel. the teacher reviewing this sentence would point out that since this is a complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.” compound sentence, there should be a comma after “realized.” complex sentence, there should be a comma after “inspiration.” compound sentence, there should be a comma after “found.”

In this excerpt from act ii shakespeare’s macbeth, witch figure of speech is used the underlined words macbeth is this dagger witch i see before me, the handle toward my hand? come, let me clutch thee i have thee not, and yet see thee still