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Open here you flung the shutter when with many a flirt and flutter

it was written by Edgar Allan Poe in the Poem called The Raven it is in verse 7

What does Henry David Thoreau criticize in Resistance to Civil Government

slavery

What was the Transcendentalists' general attitude toward slavery

That it was wrong and they had an obligation to change it

How does Henry david thoreau use logos in resistance to civil government

To build an argument that a government should represent the desires of its people

Which one of these might appear in an evaluation of a poem

a discussion of specific uses of repetition

What topic is Henry David Thoreau's Resistance to Civil Government primarily about

An individual's relationship to government

Which of these is an important conclusion Henry David Thoreau draws at the end of Resistance to Civil Government

That the American government does not truly promote democracy

According to Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Philosophy of Composition' why are long poems a problem when it comes to unity of impression

Apex - ( because they contain less imagery than long poems )

Where does the bird perch itself in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Apex - ( On the bust of Pallas )

What is one of the main reasons writers like Thoreau use metaphor in their writing

to reinforce key ideas

According to The Philosophy of Composition why did Poe choose nevermore as the refrain in The Raven

Because a one word refrain is less difficult than a long refrain

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Which of these rhetorical devices does Thoreau use here

parallelism- APEX

According to The Philosophy of Composition what did Poe achieve when he wrote this stanza

He established the climax

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