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lord [1]
3 years ago
13

(Cloudy Day) Lines 9 - 12 and 20 - 23 refer to the presence of the guards. What ideas about prison life are conveyed by these re

ferences?
"the wind carried our worlds over the fence, while the vigilant guard on the tower held his cap at the sudden gust" "The brim girded with barbwire with the gusty sitting there also, listening intently to the sounds as clouds cover the sun"
English
1 answer:
Solnce55 [7]3 years ago
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Answer:

The ideas presented about prison life in these references by the speaker is about how it feels like to be in confinement.

Explanation:

'Cloudy Day' is a poem written by Jimmy Santiago Baca. The speaker of the poem is someone who is confined in the prison and narrates to his reader about what it feels like to be in confinement. Despite the speaker is in confinement, the poem speaks of hope.

In lines 9-12 and 20-23, the speaker is presenting the ideas of what it feels like to be in confinement. While sitting in his cell, the speaker sees outside where guards are guarding. The speaker tries to think what freedoms look like and how it will look like when he will be out of the prison.

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