<span>The
statement that best explains how Neil de Grasse Tyson’s “Death by Black Hole”
and Billy Collins’s “Man Listening to Disc” present differing views about the
universe would be choice letter c, “Collins’s poem puts forth the idea that
humans can become the center of the universe, while Tyson reveals that humans
are insignificantly small and weak in comparison to a black hole.<span>”</span></span>
<span>the words that the appositive renames or further identifies - checks and bonds</span>
Answer:
The first excerpt is an octave and the second is a sestet.
Explanation:
An octave is composed of eight lines, and a sestet has six. Counting the lines, the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost has eight, thus being an octave, and the excerpt from "Hero and Leander" by Christopher Marlowe has six lines, meaning that is a sestet.