From “The Seed-Shop” by Muriel Stuart

Here in a quiet and dusty room they lie, Faded as crumbled stone or shifting sand, Forlorn as ashes, shrivelled, scentless, dry— Meadows and gardens running through my hand.

Which of the following best describes the connotation of the meadows and gardens metaphor?

A) The metaphor is neutral and simply completes the image developed in the first three lines of the poem.

B) The metaphor is positive and starkly contrasts wit the description in the first three lines of the poem.

C) The metaphor is frightening and creates a jarring image that is completely disconnected from the earlier description.

D) The metaphor is negative and reveals that the speaker is confused or in conflict with her feelings about the seeds.

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman. edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over. o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers. it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks. it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states. it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.