Read the line:
black snake! black snake!
how does the punctuation develop the meaning of the poem?
a. the poet is protective of snakes; the exclamation marks show her desire to preserve them.
b. the poet feels annoyed by snakes; the exclamation marks to show her irritation with them.
c. the poet is excited about the snake; the exclamation points express this excitement.
d. the poet frequently encounters snakes; the exclamation marks to show this is a common experience.

C). The poet is excited about the snake; the exclamation points express this excitement.

Explanation:

Punctuation refers to the symbols and signs employed to separate the sentences into such a manner that ensures the effective communication of its meaning to the readers. These marks ensure the clarity of meaning by offering constructional details to the readers which may include a comma(,), colon(:), an exclamation mark(!), question mark(?), etc. In the line presented, the use of twice exclamation marks (!) exemplifies the speaker's excitement and thrill about the snake. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

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