Please help me fill in the blanks this is the poem . One day they disappear into their rooms. Doors and lips shut and we become strangers in our own home. I pace the hall, hear …

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Please help me fill in the blanks this is the poem .

One day they disappear
into their rooms.
Doors and lips shut
and we become strangers
in our own home.

I pace the hall, hear whispers,
a code I knew but can't remember,
mouthed by mouths I taught to speak.

Years later the door opens.
I see faces I once held,
open as sunflowers in my hands. I see familiar skin now stretched on long bodies that move past me

glowing almost like pearls.

In the poem “Teenagers,” a parent talks about her teenaged children and how they have changed over time. What is the poet’s purpose for writing this poem? What message do you think the poet is trying to communicate by writing about this experience? Identify examples of figurative language that help communicate the poet’s purpose and message. Use evidence from the text to support your response.

The purpose of the poem is ___________________. On line _____ it says, "___________________________." This supports the fact that the poet's purpose is ________________. The poet's message is _______________________. On line _____ it says, "___________________________." The supports the poet's message because ______________.