7 This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A
Which word best describes the tone of “Ode to My Mother’s Hair”?
Bitter
Comical
Morose
Nostalgic
Part B
Which quote from “Ode to My Mother’s Hair” best supports the answer to Part A?
my mother’s Promethean / crown of smoke (lines 13–14)
like coiled, poisonous caterpillars; / like black holed flowers / in her follicle garden;
(lines 23–25)
I remember / how it brushed against my eyelids, (lines 36–37)
In hope of a reparation / for what we had driven her to do, (lines 62–63)
8 The free-verse form of “Ode to My Mother’s Hair” —
creates a dignified, formal tone
reflects the rhythm of natural speech
follows a regular rhyme scheme
restricts the poet’s word choice