Spender's childhood, based on this poem, was lonely and he spent much of his time frightened of the boys in his neighborhood.

The majority of the poem describes these rough boys who held Spender down. He describes their knees on his arms and the way they mocked his lisp. They threw mud at him and were never nice to him.

The beginning of the poem, however, makes clear that his parents kept him away from these kids. As a child, he was therefore lonely and scared.

Looking back on his childhood, the poet expresses sadness that these boys never showed him kindness. The final line shows that as a boy he would have forgiven them if they only smiled -- which they never did.

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3 years ago

What is the Vague pronoun on even though the car backed into the wall it was not damaged

Nimfa-mama [501]

A vague pronoun is a pronoun whose antecedent is not clearly stated. Besides, it can lead to a misunderstanding. In this particular sentence, the personal pronoun “it” has not clear antecedent (it can be “car” or “wal”). As a result, the sentence can convey these two possible meaning:

1) The car backed into the wall but the car did not break the wall

2) The car backed into the wall but the car itself was not damages.

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3 years ago

What’s the central idea of the chapter 15 of the giver. Make it 5 sentences long pleaseeeee!!!!!THANKS!!!

Wittaler [7]

Where is the passage bc if i would’ve seen it i had the answer

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3 years ago

Can anyone help me solve these?

miv72 [106K]

Answer:

1. Compound sentence. Verbs: pray, are.

2. Simple sentence. Verb: are.

3. Simple sentence. Verb: has.

4. Compound sentence. Verbs: call, was, comes.

5. Simple sentence. Verb: has, have.

6. Compound sentence. Verb: have

7. Compound sentence. Verbs: imitated, used.

8. Compound sentence. verbs: have, have.

9. Simple sentence. Verb: are.

10. Simple sentence. Verb: use, combine.

Explanation:

A simple sentence is one that has a single independent clause (which is one that can convey a complete thought, without needing a complement). In this case, this sentence has only one subject and one predicate.

Compound sentences, on the other hand, have more than one independent clause, more than one subject and more than one predicate.

Verbs, in turn, are the words that indicate that some action is taking place.

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