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Poem Resisting Arrest By Kyle Dargan
PART A: Which statement describes the main theme of the poem?
A. Poetry can help expose the unfair treatment of others and speak for them.
B. Questioning authority can be dangerous and sometimes it's best to remain silent.
C. Poetry is a safe way one can express themselves without suffering
repercussions.
D. Everyone has the right to question why they are being accused of something.
PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "the right to ask its question after the page / came up flush against its face." (Lines 2-3)
B. "thus crushed) between existence and resistance, / between the now-bloodied
page and the poem?" (Lines 15-16)
C. "Another poem will record the arrest of this poem, / decide what to excerpt. That poem will fail-" (Lines 17-18)
D. "This poem never expected to be / this poem, yet it must be-for you who will not / acknowledge the question." (Lines 26-28)
Answer:
D. Everyone has the right to question why they are being accused of something.
A "the right to ask its question after the page / came up flush against its face." ( Lines 2-3)
Explanation:
This poem, included in Kyle Dargan´s book of poetry Anagnorisis, a poetry collection about racism in the United States, describes a poem that contemplates its unfair arrest.
The main theme is that we are all supposed to have the right to know and even challenge why we are being accused of a crime. The author refers to "the right to ask" a question, the one the he deveals at the end: "Why?".
