First you figure out its context then after that find out some of its context clues and this should help you out.
Answer:
The option that describes the context of the paragraph is that "The narrator is at the fair and wants to win a prize".
Explanation:
In the paragraph, it says that "If Bonnie returned home without a prize, then she would go back to her comfortable life on the farm, but I would be heartbroken", this shows that the desperate to win a prize at the fair and Bonnie would be competing against others in a competition regarding looks, as the narrator is combing her hair and adding a ribbon to her tail.
In this poem, Pound is comparing "faces in the crowd" to petals that are laying against a tree branch.
This is exactly what he says in the poem - "petals on a wet, black bough." A bough is the main branch of a tree, so this is definitely the only appropriate answer in this case. He wants to say that people resemble these petals.
It seems to me that, the thing wthat <span>the author has done in order to create a tone of seriousness in this piece is </span>a fact that he has used a long sentence with complex syntax to ask the reader to pay close attention.
Even though you haven't shared any options to choose the correct one, I bet this one will suit the question.
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The poem is made to show some type of great chemistry in their conjugal relationship.
This poem took place in 1641-1643, which was not appropriate to be discussing your relationship in such a manner at that time. You had to be discreet.
