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",  What emotional response does the speaker hope to evoke with the poem's connotation?

"I Am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then answer the question.What is the overall emotion expressed in the third stanza of the poem?A.Feeling lost and directionlessB.Being safe and comfortedC.Tired and overwhelmedD.Cold and lonelySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following stanza from "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," by A. E. Housman.Now, of my threescore years and ten,Twenty will not come again,And take from seventy springs a score,It only leaves me fifty more.What tone does the poet create through his word choice in this stanza?A.JoyfulB.ComfortingC.UnkindD.Reflective

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

Click to read "I Am Offering this Poem," by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then answer the question.What point is the poet making through the figurative language in the second stanza of the poem?A.The speaker wants to cook and care for the subject of the poem.B.The speaker is bringing gifts to the subject of the poem.C.The speaker sees the speaker of the poem does not have food or clothing.D.The speaker wants to take care of the subject of the poem.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS