Question

"One Today"—excerpt

by Richard Blanco

One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story
told by our silent gestures moving across windows.

Blanco creates a sense of common experience using which of the following elements in the first stanza? (4 points)

Creating interest in the oppression of people's day
Emphasizing the active and lively movement of the sun
Suggesting each household has a story
Stating the sun belongs exclusively to this continent

Answer 1

Suggesting each household has a story.

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem "One Today" by Richard Blanco was the inaugural poem at the time of the second inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2013. The poem is a celebration of the shared American experience of diverse people from different cultures and backgrounds.

In the poem, Blanco unifies everyone under "one sun", "one light". He went on to create a sense of common experience by suggesting that each household, under "one light" has a story to tell. This common quality of different families telling our stories through "our silent gestures moving across windows" is what makes America great too.

Thus, the correct answer is the third option.