First, read this passage from "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams.
Now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wild carrot leaf
One by one objects are defined-
It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf
But now the stark dignity of
entrance-Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted they
grip down and begin to awaken
Now, read this passage from "Grass" by Carl Sandburg.
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work-
I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
How do the two poems use different speakers to characterize plant life?
Please select all that apply.
