Question

In the poem, the ivory-billed woodpecker could symbolize all of the following except
life.
despair.
hope.
persistence.
Fossil
Flitting, flickering, flashing
black, white, and a note of red
passes beneath trees
that were already old at the end
of the Civil War.
The lovely departed species
announces its fearless
refusal to cease to be.
And as we stand in awe of life’s
determination, it hammers
its note of hope against the
dead dry bark that sleeves a meal.
Can an old being be resurrected?
Can a people be saved?
And at what cost?

Answer 1

its despair

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Which literary element appears at the beginning of the twelfth line?
cultural reference
irony
humor
alliteration

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I think alliteration just because dead and dry, its not a strong form of alliteration but I still think it is, Honestly not positive though. sorry

Answer 6

thx :)

Answer 7

no problem

Answer 8

alliteration

Answer 9

connections academy?