Answer:
A. The issue was upsetting; the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
“They tied me up, then, plumb / amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, / and took themselves again to rowing.”
B.) 24 Horse and 50 Humans
All have one head each 24+50 = 74
Horses have 4 legs so 24*4= 96
Humans have 2 so 50*2= 100
Total legs: 196
Total heads: 74
The infant's final reaction to his plight in infant sorrow was weary and struggling. The poem is a newborn who about to see the dangerous world on which people are helpless. From womb to the world, the baby is shifted.
