A. it exaggerates how long the speaker could sleep to show how tired he is.
Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. <span />
<span>William Faulkner's speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 * ... Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the ... It is easy enough to saythat man is immortal simply because he will endure: that ... The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things.</span><span>
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1) had been working, left
2) clears, will walk
3)had been reading
4)May
5)was to
6)have you been getting
7)are always complaining
8)was crossing, struck
9)graduated, began
10)are, will stop
11)must
12)should
13)didn’t have
14)can’t be solved
15)five
The overall mood is one of sadness and relief. The poem uses the rhythm to convey this mood because by using the different "paces" between the lines, it helps the reader see when the author is feeling melancholy or relieved.
"Though you may hear me holler,
<span>And you may see me cry—
I’ll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die."
By using specific short words and commas, that makes the reader get a sense of the mood - one of sadness and relief at the fact that they are still alive.
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