This is a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning which means that it is written in a Iambic Pentameter.
I would go with C. Because the narrator is talking. The narrator want to have a lesson badly on water-reading. But Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is far to advanced for it and will not teach her it. So Mr. Bixby is being stubborn and will not give the lesson.
Answer:
1. The US Constitution established our current form of government.
2. Due to ill health the king abdicated the throne and was succeeded by his oldest child.
3. In republican government, elected officials are invested with the authority of office by voters.
4. Representatives of people who would be most affected by the new law testified about its provisions to the congressional committee
Explanation:
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