This lyric ode by the ancient greek writer pindar was dedicated to the winner of a contest. which statement best sums up the speaker's feelings?
creatures for a day! what is a man?
what is he not? a dream of a shadow
is our mortal being. but when there comes to men
a gleam of splendour given of heaven,
then rests on them a light of glory
and blessed are their days.

a. the speaker feels sadness that men are mortal and must die.
b. the speaker feels joy at the winner’s heaven-sent glory.
c. the speaker regrets that men are not glorified all the time, as gods are.
d. the speaker feels afraid of the "dream of a shadow" that "is our mortal being."

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Hich statement offers the best comparison of the two poems? where have you gone." i am a black woman.

What does manns conclusion in "coming of age in the dawnland" indicate about how the settlements and people of sixteenth-century new england reacted to the increasing presence of europeans?