The word "dusky" contribute to the theme of the poem is given below.
Explanation:
1.Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" connects the African-American race to rivers, especially ancient rivers, to show the value of the African race. Rivers fertilize soil and offer fresh drinking water, making rivers a valuable source for sustaining life. All rivers he names in the poem are famous for the fertility and even economic prosperity they provide. Most of the rivers he names are also associated with Africa or the African-American race. Hence, Hughes is using the ancient rivers as symbols of prosperity connected with Africa to show the value of the African race.He repeats that he has known “ancient, dusky rivers,” and his soul has grown deep like the rivers.
2.He has known rivers and that his soul has come to be as deep as a river. Then he explains to us just how that transformation took place. He must be one ancient man, because he has been around for thousands of years. He used to go swimming the Euphrates River when Earth was just a baby. He lived near the Congo River in central Africa. He helped to build the pyramids in Egypt almost four thousand years ago. He heard the Mississippi River sing when President Abraham Lincoln took a boat ride down to New Orleans. He tells us again that he has known lots of ancient, dusky rivers, and that his soul has become as deep as these rivers.
Excerpt: Good morning teachers, students, and distinguished alumni—thank you all for joining me on this momentous occasion. I’m Mayor Kenndrick, and I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Wessex County’s first community garden here at South Falls High School. This magnificent project is funded by a grant from Green Planet Organics as part of their Gardens Grow Great Communities program. We’re so appreciative of their commitment to this amazing program. You might be wondering why we’re planting a garden at a high school. Unfortunately, recent statistics show that most high school students spend too much time indoors. We’re all guilty of wasting time in front of the computer or television when we could be outside getting fresh air and exercise. Most of you probably think that exercise involves running laps or spending hours inside a gym. In reality, exercising can be something as simple as planting seeds or pulling out weeds. Anything that gets your blood flowing is good for you and your body. Gardening has many therapeutic benefits. This program affords students the opportunity to commune with nature as part of a new curriculum that combines environmental science and physical education. Spending time in a garden also forges a connection between you and your natural habitat, enhancing your appreciation for the environment. This community garden will also facilitate social interaction between students and community members as they work toward a common goal.
Answer:The Mayor lists several of the positive benefits that result from working in a community garden
Explanation: This is an excerpt from ''The Value of Community Garden'' where we can see the speech of Mayor Kendrick. In this excerpt, she is announcing important message about community garden fulfilment located in a High School.
She is talking about important things that a community garden can have and positive benefits that can bring people and students allowance of exercises while gardening, therapeutic benefits and more.
- She is trying to convince the people that community garden could help everyone by talking about those positive benefits.
This stanza contributes to the suspense of the poem because b) the speaker and the reader wait again to find out what is making the noise. "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Poe wrote the poem as a narrative, without intentional allegory or didacticism.
Answer:
The Tempest written by Wiilliam Shakespeare and first performed in 1611, is the story of an exiled ruler.
Explanation:
In Act I, Scene i, we are introduced with the character "Boatswain" a commoner and the noble characters, whose names are not mentioned but introduced later in the play. The story begins with the characters stuck in the middle of the raging storm. Boatswain and his crew, in the lines 9-19 are trying to save the ship and commands the nobles to go under-deck.
<em>"ALONSO </em>
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<em>Good Boatswain, have care. Where’s the Master? </em>
<em>Play the men</em>
<em>BOATSWAIN </em>
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<em>I pray now, keep below."</em>
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The nobles get offended by the rudeness of the commoner "Boatswain."
<em>GONZALO </em>
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<em>Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.</em>
Boatswain's main motive is to save the ship regardless of who his passengers are.
<em>"BOATSWAIN </em>
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<em>None that I more love than myself. You are a councilor. If you can command these elements to silence and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more. Use your authority. If you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap.—Cheerly, good hearts!—Out of our way, I say."</em>
