Answer:
The starfish on the beach are dead.
Explanation:
In Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem "Starfish", the speaker is vividly describing the beauty of a beach filled with starfish. However, throughout the poem, it is clear that the starfish are no longer alive. They have been "liberated" from the ocean. Several details from the poem provide that information:
[...]
thousands of baby stars. We touched them,
surprised to find them soft, pliant, almost
living in their attitudes. [...]
Together: little martyrs, soldiers, artless suic ides
In lifelong liberation from the Sea [...]
What is the underlined word? i dont see anything underlined
The poem uses free-verse structure.
A is the answer your looking for
Vonnegut was deployed to Europe to fight in World War II, and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden and survived the Allied bombing of the city by taking refuge in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. This event inspired his novel, Slaughterhouse Five. It made him develop nihilistic views considering the tragedies he witnessed. Also, he had major family tragedies - mother's suicide and father's alcoholism (I believe). Research that.
