Read this sentence from abraham lincoln's second inaugural address:

fondly do we hope - fervently do we pray - that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

which of the following correctly describes the effect of the word scourge? (4 points)

War defines the word scourge. Scourge, as explained by the dictionary, is a verb that depicts punishment. In Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, he has hopes of ending the punishment of war to ease away rapidly. I hope this helps.

The poem called "The Crossing" means the effort to keep moving forward by motivating us.

Explanation:

The crossing is a popular poem that is written by ‘’Ruth Moose’’. The author attributes the human characteristics to a snail in this saying. The meaning of this passage explains the questions what motivates us to keep moving on in our life by facing what we are gone through in our lives.

Just like how the snail crosses the road by thinking what is waiting on the other side, it is used as a metaphore here so that we should also expect what we are going to face in upcoming days.