Read lines 14 and 15 from the poem. Painted yellow-white like a forgotten Easter egg, And cracked here and there like that same egg. The poet includes these similes most likely to

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Read lines 14 and 15 from the poem. Painted yellow-white like a forgotten Easter egg, And cracked here and there like that same egg. The poet includes these similes most likely to —

suggest that the speaker has not visited Abuelita in a long time,
help the reader visualize Abuelita’s house,
identify the speaker’s favorite holiday to spend with Abuelita, or
help the reader imagine a specific place in Abuelita’s house