1. Explore the relationship between Alison and the values, actions, and preoccupations of her mother. What various roles, good and bad, does her mother play in her life? How

does her mother hurt but also help Alison's chances of surviving and flourishing in the

world?

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write a five paragraph essay, you were taught to have three body paragraphs. a university essay is more flexible than that, depending on its length and on what it is trying to say. a short university essay may have three body paragraphs, but it may have more.

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your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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