Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:
In the poem, the phrase "sill of shade" refers to _____. The narrator of this poem is _____.
First Blank Choices:
A. The edge of time
B. The edge of a hill
C. The loss of a life
D. A Window Sill
Second Blank Choices:
A. The athletes father
B. A reflective onlooker
C. The athlete's lover
D. A young athlete
Answer:
1)C
2) B
Explanation:
The expression "sil of shade" is an allegory that represents the end of life, that is, death. This shows that the poem brings a reflection on the moment when life is finished, how this end is inevitable and it is not possible to escape it. This reflection is passed on to the reader through the words of the speaker of the poem, who is also reflecting, which shows that he is a reflective thinker.
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It provides background information on the topic.
and It gives the main topic of the paper.
Explanation:
His first statement in the poem does the contrasting, which says;
"Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night".
In effect he was saying just as an innocent child goes to bed, so the victims were alive just the day before horrific event of September 11.
Further into the night the innocent child experiences a change, which was expressed with the words;
"A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze". This saying indicates how the innocent people experienced a change that made them victims of a horrific event that claimed their lives.