The characteristics that apply are: 2 - 4 - 7
These types of balads often focused on telling a story that took place in a single moment or incident.
Also, dialogues were widely used in these balads, to mark the numerous interactions between several characters that may appear in them.
Finally, medieval balads were written to be sung, because it was a form of entertainment in the middle ages, and this songs often were transmitted orally.
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The metaphor is a figure of speech that promotes a comparison between two elements. This comparison must be promoted implicitly or explicitly and has the function of creating a new meaning and promoting an intensification of this concept. This makes the text deeper and richer, promoting greater reflection on the topics covered.
Answer:
Comfort and warmth.
That the father feels very comfortable digging.
Explanation:
<em>Digging</em> is a poem written by Seamus Heaney, describing the life of the speaker through the act of potato digging which was the primary means of livelihood in Ireland. The poem compares the lives of the speaker, his father, and his grandfather.
The word <em>"nestled" </em>is used in the first line of the fourth stanza- <em>"The coarse boot nestled on the lug"</em>. The word in itself is typically associated with <u>warmth and comfort, safety, and peace</u>. And the speaker's use of this word to describe how his father's boots were <em>"nestled on the lug"</em> seems to suggest that his father felt comfortable and safe in the work he is doing, that of digging potatoes.
An inference is someone's belief or opinion based only on the information that he/she knows.
"Squatter sovereignty" was a term used by the people that disagreed with the political doctrine which stated that the owners of federal territories should decide if their lands would enter the Union as slave or free states.
The inference being made in the excerpt is the belief that slavery should be allowed inside the territories of people who chose to enslave others, without the interference of anybody else.
