With what does that poet compare the yellow leaves?

he phrase "yellow wood" in the poem most likely symbolizes:a) The changing seasons b) A dangerous forestc) A picturesque landscape d) The passage of time

Read this passage:That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 73"Which two things are being compared in the passage?A.Someone in the later stages of life and a tree that has lost its leavesB.A useless old tree and a healthy tree that provides a home for forest animalsC.The renewal of spring and the coming loss of autumnD.The beautiful music of a choir and the lovely song of the birds in the treesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read these sentences from "The Yellow Wallpaper."The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight. It is dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint to others.What tone does the author create with the word choice?A.BeautifulB.SillyC.DisgustedD.HappySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is from the 1915 poem “Serepta Mason” by Edgar Lee Masters, from a book of poems that describes the lives of the townspeople in the fictional town Spoon River.My life's blossom might have bloomed on all sidesSave for a bitter wind which stunted my petalsOn the side of me which you in the village could see.From the dust I lift a voice of protest:My flowering side you never saw!Ye living ones, ye are fools indeedWho do not know the ways of the windAnd the unseen forcesThat govern the processes of life.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To refute the idea that the speaker’s life was full of hardship and paineliminateTo lament about the many difficulties incurred by a natural disastereliminateTo rail against the lack of care the speaker felt from the village regarding her many hardshipseliminateTo describe the misfortunes that occurred in the speaker’s garden

A basic structural component of a poem