Read the passage. excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare lysander ay me! for aught that i could ever read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth. what does lysander mean by "the course of true love never did run smooth"? true lovers always have to overcome problems to be together. if you truly love me, you wouldn’t be upset now. other people’s problems are much worse than ours. your father is testing us to see if we really love each other.

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What poetic devices does shakespeare use in these lines? select all that apply. they are prose. they are blank verse. they are rhyming couplets they are in iambic pentameter.

Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's address to the troops at tilbury. let tyrants fear, i have always so behaved myself, that, under god, i have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore i am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my god, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. which statement best describes queen elizabeth's use of rhetorical appeals in this excerpt? she relies on ethos by explaining that she has previous experience fighting in battles. she relies on pathos by providing examples of other successes she has had as a ruler. she relies on ethos by establishing that she is there for more than just recreation. she relies on pathos by using emotionally charged words to motivate the troops.