Read the excerpt from william faulkner's nobel prize acceptance speech.

the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail.

according to faulkner, the poet is not just a witness to the past, but also

a historian who documents events.
a force of strength and survival.
a symbol of all of humankind.
a leader in new cultural movements.

The answer is B. When he suses the word props he means rigid support.The poet´s voice is , for him, force of strength and survival because it is something that will prevail no matter what. It will bring the past to the memory of all those who read the poet´s words.

each poet admires poetry

they each admire poetry because they could just use an expression or verbally just say you but they both write in in poetry which shows they know how to write in poetry.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel