The word that best describes the tone in this stanza is: happy.
This stanza was taken from the poem I Hear America Singing, by Walt Whitman. It's a poem of patriotism, of pride of each and every person who helps build America and make it what it is. Everyone is important: the carpenters, the mechanics, the masons, the mothers, the wives. All of them sing their melodious songs of freedom and opportunity.
It's A) he was left a large sum of money by a family member!
Answer:
we hate being criticized at (by the people)
Explanation:
The correct answer here is c) to the extreme. An absolute phrase is a
phrase which includes a subject, and whereas the other possible answers
all include subjects (eyes, hands, heart) the same cannot be said of 'to
the extreme' which could be described more as a commonplace saying or
cliche rather than an absolute phrase.
