Discuss the various denotations and connotations of the title "Cross." How does understanding both denotation and connotation impact your understanding of the poem?

how this intersection has made the speaker confused and caught in between.

Explanation:

As we know denotation essentially refers to the act of referring a word with its literal meaning, the word "Cross" could be understood as a geometrical shape where two perpendicular lines intersect one another.

On the other hand, since connotation is the process of deriving another meaning from a word apart from its original meaning, the word "Cross" could be understood as when two things that does not match or is not parallel to each other come together.

Understanding both denotation and connotation of the title "Cross" helps one to understand how the poem talks about the intersection of two different things(white father and black mother) and how this intersection has made the speaker confused and caught in between a white father and black mother.

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

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