Answer:
The place was left because he was very sorry
Explanation:
Answer: Fire obstructed the doorways, so there was not prospect of escape.
Explanation:
I have found this question online. The lines it refers to are:
"The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm."
Answer:
The lines develop the theme that a life momentarily delayed means a loss of control in the following manner:
B. They contain examples of how a snowstorm slows down human activity and forces people to accept it and work around it.
Explanation:
The lines above belong to the poem "The Snow-Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. They beautifully show how nature cannot be controlled by man. When a snowstorm hits, there is nothing people can do. They must simply sit safely somewhere and wait for it to pass. They have no control over the storm's intensity or over how long it will last. Their lives are delayed by the storm and all they can do is accept it. With that in mind, we can choose letter B as the correct answer:
B. They contain examples of how a snowstorm slows down human activity and forces people to accept it and work around it.
I would say understatement, i guess it could be sarcastic, but I've never learned sarcasm as figuritive language, if it was my question I would say understatement.
Answer:
A. "paving the way"
Explanation:
It is saying basically you're setting it up you're not actually paving something with tar/asphalt