Read the excerpt from "song" by muriel rukeyser. make and be eaten, the poet says, lie in the arms of nightlong fire, to celebra
te the waking, wake. burn in the daylong light; and praise even the mother unappeased, even the fathers of desire this excerpt is an example of heroic couplet. free verse. common meter. blank verse.
This refers to the arrangement of lines in poetry where two lines are directly next to each other.
Hence, we can see that from the complete text of the poem by Muriel Rukeyser, there is a narration about the poet where he is lying down in a nightlong fire and a heroic couplet is used to do this.
The opening hook of a tale must be good enough to entice the reader and keep them reading. However, engaging characters and captivating incidents interspersed in the plot are needed to maintain the reader's attention.
The truth is that as much democracy as this nation has today, it has been born on the backs of black resistance...Black people have seen the worst of America, yet, somehow, we still believe in its best.
