The author begin the poem with a line, 'Something there is that doesn't love a wall' to lets us know that this will be a poem written in the blank verse style.
Answer: Option C.
Explanation:
The line ‘Something there is that doesn't love a wall’ is the beginning line of the poem ‘The Mending Wall’ which is written by Robert Frost. The main idea of this poem is to let the readers know that, Good fences does makes a good neighbors.
Frost uses blank verse in the poem which means it uses iambic pentameter where stressed syllable is accompanied by an unstressed syllables. And the first line of this poem is an example of blank verse style.
Answer:
Jack London included the detail because "it is a part of the exposition that introduces Sol-leks' characteristics."
Explanation:
The detail is an exposition that introduces Sol-leks characteristics.
- Exposition means showing or narrating what happens at the start of the story. Generally, it talked about the background of a milieu, or a character, which in this scenario is Sol-leks.
- The details illustrate what kind of dog Sol-leks is, what are his likes and dislikes. Because these characteristics or details will play a crucial role as the story goes.
- As the story goes, the position of Buck and Sol-leks will be reversed. Sol-leks being afraid of Buck because of a brute strength he displayed later on.
