Answer:
Read the stanza from the poem "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera.
Jagged as chipped obsidian are the words
of some Indian poets, knowing their infant
death rate is seven times greater than
What is the meaning of the word obsidian as it is used in the stanza?
a severe trauma
undigestible food
a hard rock CORRECT
teeth
Read the stanza from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera.
in Vietnam, El Salvador, Afghanistan
— but your words live on in sacred corn,
in wheat's amber waves, in the holy words
of Tayko-mol. Oandasan, your poems fly like
rainbow-feathered spiders in seven directions —
mountain, valley, forest, city, ocean, sky, home.
What is the meaning of this stanza?
Oandasan wrote poems that make people feel lost.
Oandasan wrote poems about natural environments.
Oandasan wrote poems that celebrate all people. CORRECRT
Oandasan wrote poems about strange looking spiders.
Read these lines from the poem "The Voice" by William Oandasan.
a valley ripe with acorns
and yellow poppies everywhere
Which tone is created by these lines?
gleeful
hopeful CORRECT
sentimental
nostalgic
Read these lines from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera.
...Helicopter
gunships threatened peasants at harvest time
in Vietnam, El Salvador, Afghanistan
—but your words live on in sacred corn,
in wheat's amber waves, in the holy words
of Tayko-mol.
How do these lines develop the theme of the poem that even in the face of evil, Oandasan could find beauty?
They suggest that the words of Oandasan are literally the natural elements of the planet.
They suggest that the words of Oandasan express hope even though terrible things happen. CORRECT
They suggest that Oandasan had to hide transcripts of his poems in random spots in nature.
They suggest that Oandasan wrote poems while enjoying being in nature.
Refer to the poem "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera.
Why does Gotera refer to Oandasan's words as "gentle raindrops, hummingbird / wings simmering in ancient Sequoia forest"?
to show that he thinks solely of rain and hummingbirds while reading Oandasan's words
to inform readers that Oandasan wrote his poems in Sequoia forests
to claim that Oandasan's word are important in a world full of chaos CORRECT
to challenge the importance of Oandasan's poetry
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