Question

Use the poem “Subway Wind” by Claude McKay to answer the question.

Which statement provides an analysis of the ambiguity in the poem?

(1 point)
Responses

Either the children or the speaker could be going to the upper part of the subway.
Either the children or the speaker could be going to the upper part of the subway.

Both the speaker and the schooner could be traveling to the tropics.
Both the speaker and the schooner could be traveling to the tropics.

Either the wind or the speaker could long for tropical islands.
Either the wind or the speaker could long for tropical islands.

Both the subway train and the wind are moving through the tunnels.

Answer 1

Either the wind or the speaker could long for tropical islands.

Explanation: McKay personifies the subway wind and mixes its voice with the speaker’s, so lines that express longing could be read as the wind’s desire or as the speaker projecting his own homesickness for the tropics.