The reason why I believe that the author Maya Angelou included this passage is because she wanted to explain to us her emotions about the connection she had.
Paraphrasing and directly quoting from the text are your two options.
Answer:
A prehistoric cat with long teeth
Explanation:
Look at the two highlighted parts, and combine them.
Answer:
Because when her husband comes to bed she must conform to "sanity" and her role of wife, she is behind bars, in prison.
Explanation:
the speaker described where she resides as A colonial mansion and a haunted house. She said "I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that it hard!" simply because once her husband comes over to bed, the speaker must exercise sanity as well as role of a wife which made her felt like she's staying behind the bar as a prisoner
Mowing is a machine that you push with your arms on grass and the mower cuts the grass, so basically it cuts the grass so its not really long.
I think this is what you wanted, please describe the question more, thank you.
