Answer:
What type of gerund follows a linking verb?
Explanation:
When a gerund is a complement
Gerunds can also function as subject complements. A subject complement is a noun that follows a linking verb. Linking verbs are forms of the verb to be, such as am, is, are, was, and were.
Answer:
b.
Explanation:
The tone of the poem is JOYFULLY RENEWED. Emily Dickinson used captilization on the nouns to help reader create a mental image of what she saw. This is a happy poem.
The 'bright' side of the symbol of the marshy pool which denies the stranger access, bears the meaning of a united family, a well-defended country or a secure village, the still water being the image of a peacefulness which nothing can disturb.
Comma C because Period would mean your cutting off the sentence and semicolon is just obviously not right... and question mark.. would mean your asking a question and that would be inside of the quotation mark.