The poem describes one of the harshest prisons in American history. Whatis surprising about the poem’s mood? How does the poet achieve that effect?

What will be an ideal response?



  • The mood is surprisingly light, thanks to the comic effect of the rimes and the short, blunt lines. This is not a grim meditation on organized crime or the penal system, but a snappy, indeed jazzy, comment about a development that the poet seems only mildly to lament.

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Qual è un famoso artista nato nelle Marche?

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Identifying the topic of a paragraph involves all of the following except

a. discovering the subject or focus of the paragraph. b. asking yourself who or what the whole paragraph is about. c. expressing the topic in one word only. d. making sure the topic is general enough to include the whole paragraph.

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