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poem.

The Problem With the World Today

We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant?
If I could stand alone,
Strong and free.
I'd rather be
Gorgeous,
Handsome,
Talented.
I'd rather be
A pleasant-smelling flower.
Growing in clusters
Praised,
Handled,
Plucked.
I'd rather be
Watered,
Fed,
Guarded,
Admired.

I'd rather be
Powerful beyond measure.
PLease help ASAP. 100 points

Explanation:

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The First Time We Kissed"

Nervously I stood there under the porch light

As you smiled at me and moved in closer.

You took me in your arms, and my heart began to thud so loudly

I was sure you could hear it but were pretending you didn't.

You moistened your lips, looked deeply into my eyes,

And then gently pressed your lips to mine.

A moment's pause, and you touched my lips with yours again,

A whisper of a kiss that promised more to come.

We kissed again, and during that kiss I felt like I had finally come home.

Looking back, I know I was right as we kiss goodnight and I turn out the light.

"After the Sea-Ship" "

The First Time We Kissed" by Kelly Roper

Nervously I stood there under the porch light

As you smiled at me and moved in closer.

You took me in your arms, and my heart began to thud so loudly

I was sure you could hear it but were pretending you didn't.

You moistened your lips, looked deeply into my eyes,

And then gently pressed your lips to mine.

A moment's pause, and you touched my lips with yours again,

A whisper of a kiss that promised more to come.

We kissed again, and during that kiss I felt like I had finally come home.

Looking back, I know I was right as we kiss goodnight and I turn out the light.

"After the Sea-Ship" by Walt Whitman

After the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds;

After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,

Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,

Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship:

Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,

Waves, undulating waves-liquid, uneven, emulous waves,

Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,

Where the great Vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface;

then this one

After the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds;

After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,

Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,

Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship:

Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,

Waves, undulating waves-liquid, uneven, emulous waves,

Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,

Where the great Vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface;

you should probally put the sentences that you can choose from if you want me to you get 100%

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)