Question

20 the casual’s dry monotony breaks over me. the days are bright and free, bright and free.
25 then why did i cry today for an hour, with my whole body, the way babies cry?
a white, indifferent morning sky, and a crow, hectoring from its nest high in the hemlock, a nest as big as a laundry basket...
30 in my childhood i stood under a dripping oak, while autumnal fog eddied around my feet, waiting for the school bus with a dread that took my breath away.
35 the damp dirt road gave off this same complex organic scent.
35 williams, iamei
complete the table to show how each section of the poem uses the setting to develop the speaker’s characterization.

	section 1 (lines 1–19)	section 2 (lines 20–25)	section 3 (lines 26–44)
builds the speaker’s passion for nature and the landscape around her home	□	□	□
focuses on a specific sound that causes the speaker to feel conflicted about her life	□	□	□

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each section:

• Section 1 (lines 1–19): The text here (like the crow, morning sky) focuses on nature. So it "builds the speaker’s passion for nature and the landscape around her home".
• Section 2 (lines 20–25): The lines "Then why did I cry today...the way babies cry?" show a conflicted emotion (crying despite bright days), so it "focuses on a specific sound/feeling that causes the speaker to feel conflicted about her life".
• Section 3 (lines 26–44): The childhood memory of waiting for the school bus (a daily routine) leads to examining feelings (dread), so it "reflects an aspect of the speaker’s daily routine that causes her to closely examine her feelings".

Answer:

Row 1 (reflects...routine)	Section 3 (lines 26–44)
Row 2 (builds passion for nature)	Section 1 (lines 1–19)
Row 3 (focuses on sound/conflict)	Section 2 (lines 20–25)

(To fill the table, check the boxes as:

• For "reflects...routine": Section 3
• For "builds passion...nature": Section 1
• For "focuses on sound...conflicted": Section 2)