What is the Metaphor / Simile of each paragraph? I am from lawn-mowers,
from Lysol disinfectant spray
and Stella Dora cookies.

I am from the long driveway to the brick house
and the carefully cultivated vegetable garden.

I am from Sunday family dinners,
from sister slumber parties,
and from the smell of coffee every morning.

I am from the purposeful pink roses planted by my father,
the basil, mint and berries in the yard.

I’m from summertime making of countless coke bottles full of tomato sauce
and from everyone speaking at once,
but somehow always listening,
from Antonio
and Dianne.

Italked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. i arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. why would they not be gone? i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men? —but the noise steadily increased.what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes the narrator’s paranoia. it emphasizes the narrator’s anger. it emphasizes the narrator’s grief. it emphasizes the narrator’s confusion.

Okay can someone tell me the answer to this problem bc i have to buy it now and i don’t wanna do that

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.