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How does culture affect the way Gold Teeth deals with her husband’s illness in "My Aunt Gold Teeth"?

She consults the District Medical Officer at Chaguanas.

She follows tradition, enlisting a Brahmin faith healer who tells her spirits are to blame.

She relies on home remedies her mother suggests.

She worries that her Hindu prayers won’t be strong enough so she tries Christian prayers as well.

The answer is B: "She follows tradition, enlisting a Brahmin faith healer who tells her spirits are to blame."

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover".