"President Lincoln's Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863 by Frances E. W. Harper
It shall flash through coming ages,
It shall light the distant years;
And eyes now dim with sorrow
Shall be brighter through their tears
It shall flush the mountain ranges,
And the valleys shall grow bright;
It shall bathe the hills in radiance,
And crown their brows with light
It shall flood with golden splendor
All the huts of Caroline;
And the sun-kissed brow of labor
With lustre new shall shine.
It shall gild the gloomy prison,
Darkened by the nation's crime,
Where the dumb and patient millions
Wait the better-coming time.
By the light that gilds their prison
They shall see its mouldering key;
And the bolts and bars shall vibrate
With the triumphs of the free.
Though the morning seemed to linger
O'er the hill-tops far away,
Now the shadows bear the promise
Of the quickly coming day.
Soon the mists and murky shadows
Shall be fringed with crimson light,
And the glorious dawn freedom
Break refulgent on the sight.
What is the best paraphrase of the third stanza?
-The river gets faster and faster as it flows from the shallow parts. It is like a wildcat roaring past rocks. The river looks like it is clawing at the banks. It gets foamy where it becomes calmer in deep pools.***
-The river is like a wildcat because it gets very crazy at many points. It looks like it has claws and like it is crashing into pools. It's dangerous and you shouldn't swim in it.
-The river looks like a man running faster and faster to get away from a wildcat that is roaring and chasing him. The claws of the wildcat disappear in deep pools.
-The river remind me of a wildcat when it gets foamy and fast. It makes me imagine that the water is furious.
To which sense foes the imagery in line 2 appeal?
-sight
-touch***
-taste
-smell
Thank you!
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