A Sunset of the City

Question

by Gwendolyn Brooks

Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.

My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,

Are gone from the house.

My husband and lovers are pleasant or somewhat polite

And night is night.

It is a real chill out,

The genuine thing.

I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer

Because sun stays and birds continue to sing.

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Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

Which line contains caesura?

(1 point)
Responses

“My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,”
“My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,”

“I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer”
“I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer”

“It is a real chill out,”
“It is a real chill out,”

“Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.”

Answer 1

The line that contains caesura is:

“Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.”

Caesura is a pause or break within a line of poetry, and this line has natural pauses that can be identified in the rhythm and phrasing.