In edgar allan poe's "the philosophy of composition," how does poe say he creates contrast when the bird first appears in "the raven"?

a. by having the dark bird come in through a sunny window

b. by having the black bird come in from the dark night

c. by showing the bird's red eyes that later become brown

d. by placing the black bird on a marble statue

Which of the following lines contains a simile? you wet brown bag of a womani think that i shall never see/ a poem lovely as a treebecause i could not stop for death/ he kindly stopped for mea little learning is a dangerous thing

It was a bitter cold saturday morning ,the young track star dressed for his daily five mile run

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing