Morning Song / Sylvia Plath

Test Practice

Compare and Contrast

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. In the context of the poem, the simile “We stand round blankly as walls” suggests that
a. the speaker is unnoticed.
b. the speaker is somewhat disconnected from the child.
c. the speaker will be decorated or defined by her child.
d. the speaker surrounds her child completely.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered during reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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