"The Knuckles Ached" is an independent clause because it can stand alone. (has a noun and verb)
An antecedent is the word replaced by a pronoun. For example:
The child loved eating; it ate 5 bowls of food a day.
The antecedent for 'it' is 'child'.
The answer is True because they are closed in so nothing can really get to it
The poem first starts with a very happy and pleased tone, but later as we continue reading the tone turns up into a disappointment and sad one. The tone here reveals about the speaker that she had a lot of struggles and difficulties trying to learn english because she has spoken italian for her entire life.
