Read the following stanza from "I Am Offering This Poem," by Jimmy Santiago.It's all I have to give,and all anyone needs to live,and to go on living inside,when the world outsideno longer cares if you live or die;remember,How would the tone of this stanza change if the poet eliminated the lines "when the world outside / no longer cares if you live or die"?A.The tone would become more positive.B.The tone would become angrier.C.The tone would become less soothing.D.The tone would become neutral.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which word best describes the tone of these lines from "I Am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca?when the world outsideno longer cares if you live or die;A.LovingB.SeriousC.AngryD.PeacefulSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following stanza from "I Am Offering This Poem," by Jimmy Santiago.I am offering this poem to you,since I have nothing else to give.Keep it like a warm coatwhen winter comes to cover you,or like a pair of thick socksthe cold cannot bite through,What tone does the poet create through his word choice in this stanza?A.UnfriendlyB.BitterC.LonelyD.Comforting

In the poem "I Am Offering This Poem," by Jimmy Santiago, what is the connotation of the lines,"if you were lost, needing direction,in the wilderness life becomes when mature"?A.PositiveB.NegativeC.NeutralD.HopefulSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

how might poetry help us process life's ups and downs?

Choose the poem that uses assonance.The earth is motionlessAnd poised in space . . .A huge bird resting in its flightBetween the alleys of the stars.If this is peace, this dead and leaden thing,Then better far the hateful fret, the sting.Better the wound forever seeking balmThan this gray calm!