The author's purpose in including this passage is to
read the passage from "i know why the caged bird
sings."
mrs. bertha flowers was the aristocrat of black stamps.
she had the grace of control to appear warm in the
coldest weather, and on the arkansas summer days it
seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around.
cooling her. she was thin without the taut look of wiry
people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats
were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. she
was our side's answer to the richest white woman in
town
explain to the reader the way people dressed in black
stamps.
instruct the reader on the local customs in black
stamps.
inform the reader of mrs. flowers's social position in
black stamps.
teach the reader how mrs. flowers's fashion affected
black stamps.

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human

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im not entirely sure, but i think the answer is listing