“Cynthia in the Snow”
by Gwendolyn Brooks
1 It SUSHES.
2 It hushes
3 The loudness in the road.
4 It flitter-twitters,
5 And laughs away from me.
6 It laughs a lovely whiteness,
7 And whitely whirs away,
8 To be
9 Some otherwhere,
10 Still white as milk or shirts.
11 So beautiful it hurts.
What does the figurative language in line 10 mean? (1 point)
Before they are worn, clean white shirts are as white as milk.
Clean white shirts and milk are both white.
Newly fallen snow is as so and fresh as a clean shirt and milk.
Newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk. my answer
I agree.
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The figurative language in line 10 compares newly fallen snow to something else that is also white. To understand the meaning, we can break down the options given:
1. Before they are worn, clean white shirts are as white as milk.
This option suggests that clean white shirts and milk are both white. However, it does not fully capture the comparison being made in the poem.
2. Clean white shirts and milk are both white.
This option repeats the first option and does not provide any additional insight into the figurative language in line 10.
3. Newly fallen snow is as soft and fresh as a clean shirt and milk.
This option partly captures the comparison being made. It acknowledges that newly fallen snow is soft and fresh like a clean shirt and milk. However, it does not specifically address the whiteness being compared.
4. Newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk.
This option accurately reflects the figurative language in line 10. It highlights the comparison between the whiteness of newly fallen snow, a clean white shirt, and milk. Therefore, this option is the correct answer.
In conclusion, the figurative language in line 10 of the poem "Cynthia in the Snow" by Gwendolyn Brooks means that newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk.