Why has the poet compared imagination to a soaring bird in this excerpt from the poem "on imagination" by phillis wheatley? imagination! who can sing thy force? or who describe the swiftness of thy course? soaring through air to find the bright abode, th' empyreal palace of the thund'ring god, we on thy pinions can surpass the wind, and leave the rolling universe behind: from star to star the mental optics rove, measure the skies, and range the realms above. there in one view we grasp the mighty whole, a. the imagination can move swiftly from idea to idea and can rise above the mundane. b. the imagination is as unguided as the wind and as fanciful as a bird. c. the imagination has no bounds beyond the limit of one's own mind. d. the imagination has as much force as a bird fighting to fly against the wind.

C) The imagination has no bounds beyond the limit of one's own mind.

Explanation: In the given excerpt of the poem "On Imagination" by Phyllis Wheatley, we can see that the speaker compares imagination to a soaring bird, because the bird, being able to fly, can go up in the sky and see wonders, but also because how high the bird can fly, only depends on its own limits, as well as the imagination has no bounds beyond the limit of one's own mind.

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.