Literary Analysis: Comparing Poems by Phillis Wheatley and Alice Walker
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What term did the nutritionist use to describe the chronic depressions?

  • The molasses melancholy
  • The sugar blues (correct)
  • The rum sorrow
  • The cane sadness
  • Who brought the sweet Christ to redeem an African child, according to the text?

  • Evelina's son
  • Fats Domino
  • Phillis Wheatley (correct)
  • Jean Toomer
  • What product is derived from the thin sucrose solution expressed by grinding iron rollers in the mill?

  • Tea
  • Rum (correct)
  • Wine
  • Coffee
  • What was symbolized by 'the big white house that bubbling brown sugar built and paid for' in the text?

    <p>Exploitation and wealth derived from sugar trade</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central metaphor used in the poem to represent sugar?

    <p>Love</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jean Toomer suggest about time and space in a canefield, as quoted in the text?

    <p>No importance of time and space</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the line 'Daddy told her not to bring him back' suggest?

    <p>The father was worried that the narrator would start to adopt Bubba's speech patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the phrase 'diabolic dye' in the first line refer to?

    <p>The color of the narrator's skin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the line 'insulin burned what his blood couldn't handle' suggest about the father's condition?

    <p>He had Type 2 diabetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the line 'She later died of stroke'?

    <p>It suggests that Evelina's weight gain was a contributing factor to her stroke.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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