Answer:
PART A
C. Mahes intentionally gets arrested so that he can have access to food and security that he does not have when homeless in New York City.
PART B
D. "He does not want to hurt people or rob a bodega or hold up a taxi driver. He just wants to eat well and sleep in peace. "
PART C
A. Swarns wants to help support Mahes outside of prison, while past layers weren't interested in what happened to him.
PART D
B. Fresh from law school at the University of Pennsylvania, a 25-year-old in her first job, she bothered to ask why he did it.
D. Mr. Fasulo and Ms. Swarns argued for placement in a halfway house, where he would have food and counseling.
I think the answer woulld be letter A.
The sestina is a particular fixed verse form which is characterized by using the same six words at the end of each verse throughout six stanzas (with a final three verse envoi). It was originally developed by the Provençal poet Arnaut Daniel. It is an extremely challenging form, since the constant repetition of the same words forces the poet to come up with variations in the way they are used. In this poem, this repetition, and the monotony it implies, signifies the sadness that surrounds the old grandmother and the child. The word tears in particular (referring to the rain, the grandmother's sadness, the water being heated and even the tea) creates, as it appears againg and again, a dark, sad mood. The use of almanac also instills a sense of doom: it is autumn (September), and the darker months are ahead. The calendar will only bring more sadness.
