Question
Which of the following is not true?
A. Alvarez's imagery allows the reader to see and hear her speaker's neighborhood.
B. Alvarez's tone is measured and wry.
C. Alvarez's speaker wishes to take the reader into her confidence.
D. Alvarez's diction, or word choice, indirectly calls up the idea of America as a "melting pot."
E. The meaning of the poem hinges on its form. Without the form, the poem ceases to have meaning.
I think the answer may be E.
A. Alvarez's imagery allows the reader to see and hear her speaker's neighborhood.
B. Alvarez's tone is measured and wry.
C. Alvarez's speaker wishes to take the reader into her confidence.
D. Alvarez's diction, or word choice, indirectly calls up the idea of America as a "melting pot."
E. The meaning of the poem hinges on its form. Without the form, the poem ceases to have meaning.
I think the answer may be E.
Answers
Ms. Sue
Which poem?
Phoebe
The poem is "Queens, 1963" by Julia Alvarez
Ms. Sue
I disagree with E.
https://creatureteacher.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/queens-1963/
https://creatureteacher.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/queens-1963/