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Read the excerpt below from the poem “i knew a woman” by theodore roethke and answer the question that follows. let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay: i’m martyr to a motion not my own; what’s freedom for? to know eternity. i swear she cast a shadow white as stone. but who would count eternity in days? these old bones live to learn her wanton ways: (i measure time by how a body sways). source: roethke, theodore. “i knew a woman.” the collected poems of theodore roethke. new york: random house inc., 1961. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011. which excerpt is a simile that indicates a thoughtful mood? “let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay: ” “(i measure time by how a body sways).” “these old bones live to learn her wanton ways: ” “i swear she cast a shadow white as stone.”

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