Summary:
At the start of the poem, the speaker responds to prejudice like she is in a hurry but she also sets the tone of a soft tone. Meaning she responds like she is in a hurry but her tone is not aggressive. Her tone is nice and soft. At the middle/end of the poem, the speaker seems to be getting impatient to the point where she just pretends like prejudice is not existent and she walked through nothing. She calls Prejudice a "Colossal mute" fueling her anger. She is already annoyed with Prejudice for sitting in her way and not moving preventing her from doing her important obligations.
1. How does the setting of the poem contribute to its central theme?
Answer: B
The answer is B because in the start of the poem, the speaker announces that she is "climbing up a mountain path with many things to do" this tells us that she was on a mountain and she was going UP the mountain path with a struggle since she was carrying something.
Therefore the correct answer is B.