DoL_11.14.23

Which line from the poem suggests that bodies can be different sizes and shapes?

• Your joints that bend and straighten?

• Your body can roll and grow like a long sentence.

• Your body can be encased in metal, adorned with wheels,

• Your body can be like small, mighty punctuation.

• Your body can need medicine and extra support.

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4.10D

In the poem, the speaker describes a body as a "chapel of quietude" to emphasize that a body can be -

• a place of peace and calm

• a place of excitement

• a place for movement and exercise

• a place for vacation

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4.10D

What does the poet mean by comparing a body to "small, mighty punctuation" in line 11?

• 1. Bodies can be small but strong.

• Punctuation marks are more important than bodies.

• a place for movement and exercise

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4.10D

How does the poet use imagery in lines 4-5 to convey that bodies are flexible and can stretch?

• "your limbs that lengthen as you reach for the earth or clouds"

• "You know your hair that maybe coils upward, stretching"

• "or falls straight down your back"

• "Your body can be a jungle gym of movement"

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4.10D