Which of these excerpts from the poems you read is an example of personification? o a. so much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow (williams, "the red wheelbarrow" b. here and there / his brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper (bishop, "the fish) c c. visible, invisible, / a fluctuating charm / an amber-tinctured amethyst / inhabits it (moore, "a jelly-fish") " d. april / comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers (millay, "spring

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?