Which excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” best supports the conclusion that books gave the poem’s speaker a sense of comfort and hope during her childhood?
There was a bookstore uptown on gay street Which I visited and inhaled that wonderful odor Even today I read hardcover as a preference paperback only As a last resort And up the hill on vine street (The main black corridor) sat our Carnegie library, Mrs. Long, always glad to see you But no lions or witches scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring
Answer:
But no lions or witches scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring
Explanation:
From this poem of "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long", the excerpt that best supports the conclusion that books gave the poem's speaker a sense of comfort and hope during her childhood is but no lions or witches scared me, I went through knowing there would be a Spring
This is because the poem's speaker most likely felt comfort and hope as she was not afraid of any lions or witches and she was comforted with the fact that she knew that there would be a Spring.
