Question

Lines 9-14 of the poem mainly suggest that .

Years later the door opens.
I see faces I once held,
open as sunflowers in my hands. I see
familiar skin now stretched on long bodies
that move past me
glowing almost like pearls.

A. the speaker’s children are well over six feet tall

B. the speaker doesn’t even recognize the children now that they are grown

C. the speaker is amazed at how the children have grown into adults

D. the children look nothing like they did when they were younger
GA-ELA-2024: GA.ELA.6.L.GC.2.a GA.ELA.6.T.C.1.a GA.ELA.6.T.C.1.b GA.ELA.6.T.SS.2.a

Answer 1

C. The speaker is amazed at how the children have grown into adults.

Lines like "open as sunflowers in my hands," "familiar skin now stretched on long bodies," and "glowing almost like pearls" show wonder and admiration at their growth—not that the speaker fails to recognize them or that they look nothing like before.