Question

What does the phrase "new grasses sprout" most likely refer to in the following line from "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes?

Answer 1

Answer:

The phrase "new grasses sprout" in the line from "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes most likely refers to the speaker recreating her identity

Explanation:

The poem "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes talks about the manmade civilization and how this has destroyed natures as it used to be, but in the second stanza she talks about this vegetation that survives to the invasion and becomes stronger and a little different from what it used to be in a friendlier environment, this can be represented as the changes in her identity as the experiences in life are collected.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) - the speaker recreating her identity.
The whole theme of this story is disrupted identity.