1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the theme of the poem?
OA Learning how to ride a bike and leaving home
are both exciting experiences for daughters.
OB Watching their children do new things brings
parents nothing but fear.
OC Nothing brings a mother morejoy than
watching their daughter grow up.
D Watching their children grow up is both
exciting and stressful for parents.

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

i believe it may be the hope this sorry if i'm wrong.

it shaped life in both positive and negative ways. the positive sides of the medieval government was that it had a very strong and military. the citizens felt safer because of the high military interference. the citizens also had a positive attitude towards the artisan class and gave a huge respect to them. there is also a negative side of the government where the government would use the military too much on its citizens which created a sense of autocracy. it was oppressive to the peasants especially to the women.