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belka [17]
2 years ago
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. I lived in the first century of world wars. I lived in the first century of thes

e wars. These words are the first and last lines of the poem. What is the best explanation of why Rukeyser repeats them? to highlight her wish to become a soldier to emphasize the idea that war is violent to remind the reader that war is unavoidable to hope that world wars will come to an end
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Mnenie [13.5K]2 years ago
8 0

Answer: d) to hope that world wars will come to an end

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the first and the last lines of the poem by Rukeyser, these lines read "I live in the first century of world wars", and she repeated it in the last line, this is because she hopes that world wars will come to an end, she expresses that idea by emphasizing that she lived in the first century of those wars, as a way to say that it might not be the only century of world wars but she hopes it is.

ArbitrLikvidat [17]2 years ago
7 0
Hey :)

I'm not exactly sure of the answer, but I think it's "to remind the reader that war is unavoidable"

Sorry if it's incorrect >-<

Hope this helps!!!!
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