The correct answer is: “information on weather conditions in Louisiana and the Caribbean”. Taken from the book “<em>Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science</em>” by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos (2010), the details included about the weather conditions in Louisiana and the Caribbean are used to support the claim that “<u>sugar was a killer</u>”. As the text tells, <em>sugar was a killer</em> because of the cold snaps in Louisiana. The authors narrate the details that explain the claim (sugar was a killer). For instance, they narrate that the slaves needed to harvest the cane in perfect rhythm with the grinding mills, and that the entire crop had to be cut down between mid-October and December, and that people needed to work faster than the weather and to keep pace with machines.
Answer:
The author uses anaphoras, free verse and personification
Explanation:
The style and technique used by Carl Salsburg in this poem is a free verse style, using anaphoras to create emphasis and personification.
To use free verse means that within the poem, there is no regular rhyme scheme or meter.
Also, anaphoras are a form of creating emphasis in the poem, by repeating certain verses like "Shovel them under and let me work, I am the grass; I cover all." Similarly, the author enlists some battlefields across Europe, using the same format. "Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. And pile them high at Gettysburg, And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. " Without the constant repetition, the reader may overlook the focal point of the poem.
Last, the personification of the grass in the poem. By talking like a person and acting out, the grass creates symbolism with emotional meaning. It is about life after death, the constant change of life and the forgetfulness.
Without all these elements the poem wouldn't have the meaning that it does, the depth that the author communicates.
