How does the use of personification in the fourth stanza affect the poem? and that very night, as we lay packed tight

in our robes beneath the snow,

and the dogs were fed, and the stars o’erhead

were dancing heel and toe,

he turned to me, and “cap,” says he,

“i’ll cash in this trip, i guess;

and if i do, i’m asking that you

won’t refuse my last request.”

how does the use of personification in the fourth stanza affect the poem?

it makes the speaker seem like an imaginative person.

it implies that the events of the poem take place in fantasy rather than reality.

it creates the idea that the north is so cold that even the stars are shivering.

it suggests that the stars are controlling the fates of sam mcgee and the speaker.

Which statement is general rather than specific? a) "marian anderson was one of my favorite singers." b) "next thing you know, everything changed for marian." c) "she was born in philadelphia, the oldest of three girls." d) "marian's remarkable life story was an inspiration to me."

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

In the excerpt from the emancipation proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that president lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?