Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a poem's imagery
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic argues that the poem repeatedly describes the city in terms of the natural world.
Which quotation from the poem would best support the critic's claim?
- A. 'The towers stand like winter trees, / and traffic runs the streets like meltwater.'Correct
- B. 'The city never sleeps, and neither do I.'
- C. 'Concrete, glass, and the hum of wires.'
- D. 'I walked from the station to the square.'
Answer: A. 'The towers stand like winter trees, / and traffic runs the streets like meltwater.'
Towers as trees, traffic as meltwater: the city in nature's terms.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The city never sleeps, and neither do I.'
- No natural imagery.
- C. 'Concrete, glass, and the hum of wires.'
- Purely urban materials.
- D. 'I walked from the station to the square.'
- A plain itinerary.
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