Explain, in the context of the poem, the epithets in lines 2–5

What will be an ideal response?



  • The “downkeepers” are obviously those determined to keep others down—in other words, oppressors; given Brooks’s larger concerns and the context of Family Pictures, it seems not inappropriate to apply this phrase in racial terms. The “sun-slappers,” understood with reference to lines 6–7, are those determined to deny or block the light and to live in their own darkness and spread it to others. The “self-soilers” might be those who degrade their own human nature, which should be clean and pure, through their cruelty, aggression, and meanness of spirit. The “harmony-hushers” can be seen as those who subvert the natural oneness of humanity by their bigotry and divisiveness.

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Select the answer that correctly spells the word with the suffix added

sincere + ly A) sincerly B) sincerely

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Rewrite the sentence using the tense indicated in parentheses.

Ich erzähle es dir, aber du glaubst es mir nicht. (future) ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________.

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I tried to draw _______lines without a ruler, but I couldn't make them straight

enough; they would have eventually met. a. symbiotic b. vivid c. parallel d. mean

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