Answer:
The right way to combine the sentences by turning them into a phrase is the following one:
(D)Icy winds, which blow across Antarctica throughout the year, make the continent seem even colder.
Explanation:
If we want a phrase, all we need is a subject and a predicate. Therefore, by adding the relative pronoun "which" referring to the icy winds we form a more concise phrase with a subject (Icy winds,...) and a predicate (...which blow across Antarctica throughout the year, make the continent seem even colder). It is clear that all that appears after the subject refers to it and its acts, that is, it is said in the phrase that icy winds do two things:
1- they blow across Antarctica throughout the year.
2- they make the continent (Antarctica) seem even colder.
He is joking. D) He is joking because Mr. Brishner is fat and slovenly
Rukeyser wrote this poem in 1968 amidst the Vietnam war, Civil Rights Movement and similar political and social trends. The poem has got a morning and evening phases, respectively describing war and peace where the evening phase begins with the lines "As the lights darkened, as the lights of night brightened". The content of the lines is associated with the peace and the victory of this idea. Therefore, the correct answer is C.
This group of stanzas present an alternate rhyme pattern, which follow the ABAB CDAD format; there are four sounds present and and each is used in the particular order defined by the letters in the format. This makes for a poem's purpose, and the stanzas can also be used for a march song since they can be followed by instruments in an even metre (which is a pattern used in march songs for accented first beats).
