"Oh, please come in!" I cried, for it had been so still in the house that I supposed my friend and hostess had
gone to see one of her neighbors. The first cold
northeasterly storm of the season was blowing hard
outside. Now and then there was a dash of great
raindrops and a “flick of wet lilac”leaves against the
window. but I could hear that the sea was already stirred.

What does a "flick of wet lilac leaves" imply, or connote, in the second paragraph?

Sally rises every morning at 6: 30 am. after deep-breathing exercises, she dresses in sweats and sport shoes for a morning jog over the same paths in lakewood park. on average, her jog takes 23 minutes. the rest of her day also follows a formula. dinner is at 6: 30. at 7: 00, she turns on the tv to watch the national news. and so it goes. some say sally is a boring person. sally declares she is not at all boring, just well organized. the paragraph is organized by a. showing cause and effect. b. comparison. c. time. d. importance.

Although the account is in good standing at this point in time. is this sentence incomplete or complete?

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "