In the poem below, the author uses personification to describe the sunflowers. Describe how the flowers are personified in the poem. What are they compared to? How does this description add meaning or emotion to the text? Sunflowers
by Beverly McLoughland

They stand along the railroad tracks
wide-eyed,
stretching their long necks,
gazing into the distance—
like impatient travelers
waiting for the 3 o’clock train.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these