Match the bolded word in each excerpt to its contextual meaning.

control

the rising
and falling of an object

boundaries

missing me one place search another,
(from "song of myself" by walt whitman)

nature without check with original energy.
(from "song of myself" by walt whitman)

between the heaves of storm.
(from "dying" by emily dickinson)

In the excerpt "Missing me one place search another" from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, the word 'boundaries' fits better in the context, in the place of 'one place', since its meaning is close to it, as in 'edge', 'frontier', 'border'. Resulting in the sentence: Missing me bondaries search another.

In the excerpt "Nature without check with original energy." from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, the word 'control' fits better in the context, in the place of 'check', since its meaning is close to it, as in 'manage', 'verify', 'command'. Resulting in the sentence: Nature without control with original energy.

In the excerpt "Between the heaves of storm." from "Dying" by Emily Dickinson, the words 'the rising and falling of an object' fit better in the context, in the place of 'heaves' since they are close in meaning as the up and down of something, in this case, the storm. Resulting in the sentence: Between the rising and falling of the storm.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.