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The phrase "that live tongue" (line 27) is best understood as

A metaphor for nature

In the phrase, "A stone look on the stone's face" (line 12) the speaker is suggesting that

It is human beings who see a face on stones

Which of the following best describes an effect of the repetition of the phrase "ask us" in line 33

It provides a tone of imploring earnestness

According to the speaker, the prophet' "word of the weapons" (line 5) will probably not be heeded because

People cannot comprehend abstract descriptions of power

According to the speaker we use the images of the rose (line 29), the horse (line 30), and the locust (line 31)

As metaphors to aid in comprehending abstraction

Which of the following best describes the poem as a whole?

A philosophical and didactic poem about man and nature

The phrase "knuckled grip" (line 20) implies that the jack pine

Has roots that grasp like a hand

In lines 14-16, the speaker is asserting that we

Have all experienced loss and disappointment

The speaker implies that without "the dolphin's are, the dove's return" (line 24) we would

Have less understanding of ourselves and our lives

In line 13, the speaker is doing which of the following?

Prescribing what the prophet should say

"The dolphins arc" (line 24) refers to the

leap of a dolphin

Which of the following best paraphrases the meaning of line 36?

When nature has ceased to exist

The speaker assumes that the prophet referred to in lines 1-12 will come proclaiming

the horror of self destruction