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Mother pieced quilts

In the third-to-last stanza, the speaker quickly recalls a series of images: “the river crossing at five,” “the spinach fields,” and so on. What kind of story does this stanza tell?

This stanza tells a story of the speaker's childhood memories and life experiences. It paints a picture of their daily life and activities, including crossing a river at a certain time, working in spinach fields, and other snippets of the speaker's past.