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"Harbor at Dusk" is a 1908 poem by Corin Mallory. In the poem, the speaker describes the harbor at the end of the day as a place of calm, where everything has come to rest. Which quotation from "Harbor at Dusk" most effectively illustrates the claim?

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A"The boats lie still against the pier, / their sails let down like folded hands."B"At dawn the gulls will scream again / and drive the fishermen to sea."C"My father mended nets here once, / his fingers quick, his eyes on the sky."D"The tide pulls hard against the stones / and rattles every chain it finds."

Solution

Where B comes from

These lines look ahead to morning, and the morning is noisy.

Where C comes from

These lines remember the father busy at work in the past.

Where D comes from

Here the water is rough and noisy.

Syllabus

Information and Ideas

Central Ideas and Details

Command of Evidence (textual)

Command of Evidence (quantitative)

Inferences

Craft and Structure

Words in Context

Text Structure and Purpose

Cross-Text Connections

Expression of Ideas

Rhetorical Synthesis

Transitions

Standard English Conventions

Boundaries

Form, Structure, and Sense

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