Question

Which of the following lines from the poem "El Olvido," by Julia Ortiz Cofer, contains sensory imagery that expresses loneliness?
the clothes you were born to wear
weapons and sharp instruments you are not familiar with
the climate of your birthplace
a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls

Answer 1

The correct option is a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls because after these lines, the poet's closing remarks are:

a forgetting place where she fears you will die

of loneliness and exposure.

The other options show the love of the author in a metaphoric style, however they aren't concluded with the loneliness.

Answer 2

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "weapons and sharp instruments you are not familiar with" This is the line from the poem "El Olvido," by Julia Ortiz Cofer, contains sensory imagery that expresses loneliness