The poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is made by Langston Hughes where likened his soul as deep as rivers. The term dusky was associted in the poem to rivers which he described repeatedly throughout as ancient and old. In this poem, the term dusky is referred to the age of the river. Answer is b. age.
I believe it is Irony but I'm not completely sure.
Answer:
An example of satire here is: "Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything"
Explanation:
When we talk about a satire, we need to know that is a technique that authors used to express humor, exaggeration, irony or to expose or ridicule people's behavior or vices. Here we have some irony in the sentence especially in this part: "<em>which is the English way of settling everything</em>" Here he is making fun of the way that English people resolve their problems. He is trying to say that problems are serious and to resolve them you need more than just a bet.
