The subject matter is in the poem's title. Their is a resentful mood although it's not plainly stated that the author resented her mother. Her mother's house represents the attitude of her mother; the walls stood at attention, the air knew to hold its breath, the polished floor defied heel marks... The personification is plain in these opening observations and, given the subject matter, it seems plain that these are reflections of the author's mother. It would seem that her mother is very commanding, superior, serious. Two lines I think are very telling:
"crinkled in discomfort in my mother's house"
It's not been named a childhood home, rather she's in (imagine italics) Her Mother's House
A narrative is the choice of which events to relate and in what order to relate them , so it's a representation or specific manifestation of the story, rather than the story itself. A story is an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment or an account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something. hope it helps.
The Answer should be Imperative.
The reason is because a simile has like or as in the sentence and a metaphor is referring to an object in the sentence and a rhetorical question is asking a question so those are wrong.
Answer:
D is correctly capitalized
Explanation:
