The answer to this question is:
Skimming
A synonym or repeat context clue
Answer: the first poem is about a slave getting taken to a cotton field, while the second one is about a firefighter that is laying on the ground during a fire most likely because he is hurt, or tired
Look at each of the words:
tasted
tasteful
tasteing
tastey
as you can see, the last two words should be spelled tasting and tasty, but the first two words are correct without dropping their e's.
So the answers are the suffixes
-ed and -ful
