He compares the poem to the moon, mainly because of the moon's slow, and gracious movement on the sky. According to the poet, "<span>Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves" is the description of how the poem should slowly and carefully flow to the end, just like the moon during a winter night. Poem should be motionless - should capture reader's attention, and entangle him in it completely. </span>
Stanza is when poetry is written in chucks of lines, so you really cannot tell the answer if we cannot see the way the poem is written
Answer:
The author presents the Reverend as an eyewitness to multiple examples of Scoresby's good fortune, which adds reliability to his account.
Explanation:
According to the book "Luck" by Mark Twain, the story is told of an English war hero Lord Scoresby who is a total idiot but managed to achieve legendary status by sheer luck. The Reverend was an instructor to Scoresby at military academy and tells how Scoresby somehow got through military school even though he is a complete idiot.
Therefore the author advances the plot through the use of the Reverend character by presenting Reverend as an eyewitness which adds reliability and credibility to his account.
In "The Black Snake" the speaker feels sympathy for the snake once it is killed. He describes the snake as "<span>beautiful and quiet as a dead brother." This shows he actually cares about the snake as a creature.
In "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" the speaker feels anxious about the snake. The dashes and the line breaks form pauses when read aloud and help create suspense in the poem.
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