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The words 'azure world' refers to the sky of the colour of ocean blue. The bird is circled or 'ring'd' by the blue sky. The passive action of 'stands' which rhymes with 'hands' and 'lands' creates an effect of stillness or inertness.4 Dec 2016
A bias in a news story can make the information less credible because it's someone's opinion. It can affect the news story because the emphasis would be changed by the caster's opinion on the story.
The correct answer is C.
The central idea of this passage is that the US needs to grant its black population freedom and equality.
Douglass makes the argument that this country cannot reach its maximum potential if a good portion of the population is oppressed. He compares the oppression of African-Americans in the United States to cutting off the right arm of every soldier going to war -- senseless and dangerous.
The answer would be sections 2 and 3.
The author starts the poem conveying the beauty of nature and how it reminds him, at the same time, of the fleeting aspect of life. <u>In the second stanza, he develops a sort of calculation of his own mortality and how close he is to the end</u>. There's a strong irony here in how nature's grace and splendor serves to remind him of death. <u>In the third and final stanza, he concludes that he should carry on living with intensity every moment as an antidote for life's brevity.</u>
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