Help With Some Poems Questions Please?

-EQUALITY!!

You declare you see me dimly

through a glass which will not shine,

though I stand before you boldly,

trim in rank and making time.



You do own to hear me faintly 5

as a whisper out of range,

while my drums beat out the message

and the rhythms never change.



Equality, and I will be free.

Equality, and I will be free. 10



We have lived a painful history,

we know the shameful past,

but I keep on marching forward,

and you keep on coming last.

Equality, and I will be free. 15

Equality, and I will be free.



Take the blinders from your vision,

take the padding from your ears,

and confess you've heard me crying,

and admit you've seen my tears. 20



Hear the tempo so compelling,

hear the blood throb through my veins.

Yes, my drums are beating nightly,

and the rhythms never change.



Equality, and I will be free. 25

Equality, and I will be free.







1)What is the event (what is happening) of the poem "EQUALITY"?



A.two people talk about drums beating

B.people live a painful history

C.one person speaks to another about the need to move forward





2)What symbol in the poem "EQUALITY" shows that one person's understanding of the other is not very clear?



A. drums

B. tears

C. glass

D. blood





3)Who is the speaker of the poem "EQUALITY"?



A.a woman who is deaf

B.an elderly man who cannot sleep because of the drums

C.a person who has experienced discrimination of some sort





4)What type of poetic device do we see in the line "Equality, and I will be free"?



A.simile

B.refrain

C.metaphor

D.oxymoron





5)According to the poem "EQUALITY," what two nouns need to be removed from the listener so that this person can better understand?



A.blinders and padding

B.drums and rhythm

C.ears and tears

D.whispers and historyWell it looks like

1.) C

2.) C

3.) C

4.) B

5.) A

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