"Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop
In this poem, Bishop tells her own story. Her father died when she was a child and her mother never recovered from a nervous breakdown. Bishop had to live with older relatives for many many years.
In the poem, the grandma feels sadness because of the whole situation and because of the innocence of the child but she hides her sadness by laughing and talking to the child.
<em>"reading the jokes from the almanac, </em>
<em>laughing and talking to hide her tears."</em>
<em>-Sestina </em>
Why does the grandmother laugh and talk?
A. to entertain the almanac
B. to hide her tears
C. to entertain the child to make the time pass
A HYPOTHESIS is a testable possible explanation, while a THEORY is an explanation that has been tested extensively.
Complete each sentence from the drop-down menu
1. He finally found his <u>niche</u> as a writer.
- niche means he found his position or passion as a writer.
2. Knowing he'd never get caught, the thief stole from the house with <u>impunity</u>
- impunity means the thief stole from the house without the fear of punishment.
3. Surgeons never <u>recoil</u><u> </u>from the idea of opening human bodies to operate.
- Recoil means surgeons never shrink at the idea of opening human bodies.
4. Inventive chefs <u>intermingle</u> a seemingly odd assortment of ingredients to create bold new flavors.
- This means chefs mix odd assortment together to create new flavors
5. Too much sun can <u>afflict</u> the skin with harmful rays that can lead to skin cancer.
- Exposure to too much sun can cause skin cancer
6. Because mimes do not speak, they rely on <u>gesticulation</u> to convey their thoughts.
- Gesticulation is a way of expressing oneself by motions, that is, using postures.
7. The police believe that the suspect plans to <u>abscond</u> before the trial, so they will keep a watch on her.
Abscond meant the suspect plans to flee or hide from the police before trial.
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The details in the passage support the central idea by providig examples of how laws and attitudes about equality changed in France. While in other parts of Europe, for example in eastern Europe, farmers were considered objects which could be sold, the Declaration of Independence of 1716 in France stated that all men are equal. Such thought was unbearable in societies in which slavery was a fact and the idea of equality was against the natural order. Furthermore, to give another example of how France presented unmatched arguments and ideas about equality, the texts tells us that in the Age of Sugar, a momento in which slavery was more cruel than ever, the ideas of equality of Lemerre the Younger started to be heard as the new reality in France.
