Question

1. imagery in poetry

a. jenny xie uses vivid imagery to describe places.
b. she writes about the dark tips of
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c. and houses the color of custard.

Explanation:

⚡ Using what you learned: close reading methods for poetic texts

Step 1: Identify the source poem and context

The prompt refers to the poetry of Jenny Xie, specifically her use of vivid imagery to describe places. The lines provided are:

• "She writes about the dark tips of..."
• "...and houses the color of custard."

These lines come from Jenny Xie's poem "Chinatown Diptych" (specifically the first part, "I. Phnom Penh"), where she describes the sensory details of the city landscape.

Step 2: Locate the missing poetic image

In the poem "Phnom Penh" from Eye Level, Jenny Xie writes:

"...the dark tips of islands / and houses the color of custard."

The missing word that completes the description of what has "dark tips" is islands.

Answer:

islands